Areas cordoned off, witnesses identified and questioned, Ulph’s room guarded while any trace of him and his mysterious lady visitor had been taken and recorded. As expected, Mrs. Feather was asked to postpone her visit to her sister, and at Springfields, Mrs. Spurling had difficulty in overcoming an irrational atmosphere of alarm and suspicion. Ivy was unmoved. “Stupid old things think the murderer will come here in search of us, Roy,” she said, and laughed. “Have you noticed how everybody assumes he was murdered?” Roy replied seriously. “But I can quite imagine him walking over to the edge to take a look and having a dizzy turn. It wouldn’t have taken more than seconds. Poor young man. From what Mrs. Feather said, he was far from strong and didn’t eat enough. Didn’t Deirdre say he had a bad leg? That could easily have let him down.” “She’ll be coming in to see us after evening service. We’ll ask her then.” At this point, they were surprised to see Deirdre entering the lounge.
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