The chap took a risk, whoever he was," said Father. "The whole place might have beenpoisoned."
"It's absurd,"said Lady Sedgwick sharply. "Utterlyabsurd! I never heard of anything so crude."
Chief-Inspector Davy made a slight gesture with hishand. "Please," he said, then hewent on to Elvira: "Now I find that very interesting, MissBlake. And you still didn't tell the Contessa?"
"Oh no, we didn't. She'd have made a terrible fuss."
"What did you do with the chocolates?"
"We threw them away," saidElvira. "They were lovely chocolates," she added, with a tone of slight grief.
"You didn't try andfind out who sent them?"
Elvira looked embarrassed.
"Well, you see, I thought it might have beenGuido."
"Yes?" saidChief-Inspector Davy, cheerfully. "And who is Guido?"
Monday, November 19, 2007
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