Chapter 52

Giles did not move. ‘It’s suicide in the dark like this,’ he said. ‘You don’t know that “soft”, Campion.’ ‘I’ve got a storm lantern I pinched out of the kitchen. We’ll light it when we get down there,’ said Campion. ‘It’s hopeless to go back by the car. That’s their bright idea, I fancy.’ Judge Lobbett nodded towards the window. ‘What about those people in there?’ ‘I know,’ admitted Campion. ‘All the same I don’t think they’re in any real danger. Our friends are evidently not going to hurt them or they’d have done …