Ethne's satisfaction at the death of a man whom she did not
know could mean but the one thing. There would be the same obligation
resting upon Feversham with regard to Major Castleton if he lived. It
seemed likely that a third feather had come to Lennon House, and that
Major Castleton had sent it.
Durrance pondered over the solution of the problem, and more and more he
found it plausible. There was one man who could have told him the truth
and who had refused to tell it, who would no doubt still refuse to tell
it. But that one man's help Durrance intended to enlist, and to this end
he must come with the story pat upon his lips and no request for
information.
"Yes," he said, "I think that after my next visit to London I can pay a
visit to Lieutenant Sutch."
CHAPTER XXII
DURRANCE LETS HIS CIGAR GO OUT
Captain Willoughby was known at his club for a bore. He was a determined
raconteur of pointless stories about people with whom not one of his
audience was acquainted. And there was no deterring him, for he did not
listen, he only talked. He took the most savage snub with a vacant and
amicable face; and, wrapped in his own dull thoughts, he continued his
copious monologue.
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