Chapter 45

‘I’m better now,’ she said. ‘And, oh, I’ll tell you something, Albert,’ she went on hurriedly, ‘they weren’t the right people. I mean, they weren’t the people who got Mr Lobbett. They were a different lot. They thought I knew where he was. That’s what they kept questioning me about. They wouldn’t believe that I didn’t know anything.’ ‘Hold on a moment,’ said Giles. ‘There’s something here that’s got to be cleared up, Biddy. What made them think that you knew?’ There was an unconscious movement among the group round…