Chapter Six
At more or less the very moment that Gussie and Lady Werth were interviewing Mrs Everleigh, the very dressing-room of which the actress spoke was also under scrutiny.
‘I wonder if they are all like this,’ mused Theo, surveying Mrs Everleigh’s abandoned dressing-chamber with a little distaste.
‘I could not say,’ answered Ballantine. ‘I was never in an actress’s private chambers before.’
Despite appearances, they had not arrived at the Strangewayes theatre together. Theo had gone there directly after breakfast, thinking to get a head start on the business before anybody could much disarrange Mrs Everleigh’s possessions, and potentially spoil any clues. But Ballantine had got there before him.
‘You surprise me, Lord Bedgberry,’ the Runner had said, when Theo had walked in. ‘I
