Chapter 9
PETER left the house without seeing the girl again, and a bus carried him to Fleet Street. No further news of any importance had been received about the murder.
'We've had the usual bunch of clue hounds telephoning,' said the news editor, 'and we've heard from the inevitable lady who saw a tall, dark man come out of Grosvenor Square five minutes after the shooting. And oh, yes,' he said, as he remembered: 'the doorkeeper told me that a little tramp called three times between six and eight this morning, and wanted to sell a story— a chap called Lugg or Mugg. He said the murder was committed by a ghost!'
'He was probably drunk,' said Peter, unconsciously near the truth.
'He was certainly drunk, according to the porter,' said the news editor. 'He said that the murder was committ
