The Sun, never famed for its delicacy, published the two stories one after the other and the report of the inquest in the next column.
Since the coroner’s jury brought in a verdict of ‘Death by misadventure’ and vetoed absolutely any question of deliberation, the combined effect of the three stories was unfortunate as far as Chloe was concerned.
Tadema, reading the paper over his breakfast in the hotel lounge, was almost sorry for her.
Most of his sympathy, however, he reserved for himself. The morning’s news had brought him no respite. He was still a dead man, and to revive with honour looked like proving an impossibility.
He had just decided to lie low for another forty-eight hours at least, until opportunity if not sheer necessity drove him to action, when Miss Dilling arrived. Tade
