Chapter 23 No.23

The inspector blinked for a moment. The appearance of the room, with its closely drawn curtains and air of dissipation, was certainly strange. Wingate advanced to meet him.

"You called to see Lord Dredlinton, I believe, Inspector," he began. "My name is Wingate. I am friend of the family."

"I understood that Lord Dredlinton was here," the ins