Chapter Ten
Jack Nicholls stared at Rafferty for a second and then gave a loud guffaw. ‘Oh no. No. I don’t mean anything like that. Wouldn’t that be great from your point of view? Sorry to disappoint you, Inspector. No. It’s just that she knew very well she was a demanding woman. Not everyone can take it, particularly not when receiving your inheritance depends upon you toeing the line. Sophia could be a difficult woman. Such a perfectionist always. She was aware of it, of course; Sophia always had great self-awareness. You know she was dumped on Dr Barnardo’s doorstep when she was three and her sister Alice a baby in a cradle?’
Rafferty nodded.
‘The experience seems to have taken the sister in a very different way, from what Sophia said, but it certainly seemed to inspire the great in
