The Murder at Troyte’s Hill
Catherine Louisa Pirkis
“GRIFFITHS, of the Newcastle Constabulary, has the case in hand,” said Mr. Dyer; “those Newcastle men are keen-witted, shrewd fellows, and very jealous of outside interference. They only sent to me under protest, as it were, because they wanted your sharp wits at work inside the house.”
“I suppose throughout I am to work with Griffiths, not with you?” said Miss Brooke.
“Yes; when I have given you in outline the facts of the case, I simply have nothing more to do with it, and you must depend on Griffiths for any assistance of any sort that you may require.”
Here, with a swing, Mr. Dyer opened his big ledger and turned rapidly over its leaves till he came to the heading ‘Troyte’s Hill’ and the date ‘September 6th.’
“I’m all attention,” said Loveday, leaning back in her chair in the attitude of a listener.
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