"My God," exclaimed Sir George again, "what a ghastly idea!"
"Well," went on Stone briskly and inwardly greatly relieved that his old friend Larose was now not the only one in the limelight, "we shall have to question you all again, and I put you on your honour not to tell any of the others what the inspector has just called you in for. Good! Then you go and wait outside. We'll want you in a couple of minutes."
The moment the door was closed he turned to Larose. "Now, sir, you didn't leave the room during the ghost story? And you listened to it all? Excellent! Then please tell me quickly what the story was about and we shall be able to make sure you are speaking the truth."
Larose smiled at the wiliness of the old fox, but it was just like Charlie Stone to get a grasp of the essentials
