While Jake was engaged in his unpleasant conversation with D.I. Shaw, churchwarden Hibbitt had paid a visit to his lodgings.
“So, you see, Mrs Lucas, not only is he suspected of murdering his fiancée, but he’s also planning on bringing a Catholic priest here to exorcise our grotto. I have to put a stop to this. We can’t have papists sticking their noses into our parish affairs.”
“But Mr Hibbitt, Jake seems such a nice person.”
“Dear lady, it’s your own pious character that sees only good in people. There’s been nothing but trouble since Conley came here.”
“But he told me he wants to put an end to it.”
The churchwarden could see that no good could be obtained by losing patience with the widow. She was a fellow member of the parish council, and he’d appeal to her in that way.
“Mrs Luca
