Chapter XVII

PARKER PLAYS A HAND ‘Now, Mrs Mitcham,’ said Inspector Parker affably. He was always saying ‘Now, Mrs Somebody’, and he always remembered to say it affably. It was part of the routine. The late Lady Dormer’s housekeeper bowed frigidly, to indicate that she would submit to questioning. ‘We want just to get the exact details of every little thing that happened to General Fentiman the day before he was found dead. I am sure you will help us. Do you recollect exactly what time he got here?’ ‘It would be round about a q…