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On their return to their coffee room they found Mr. Pulteney in sole possession. He was solemnly filling in a crossword puzzle in a daily newspaper about three weeks old. Leyland had gone off to the bar parlour, intent on picking up the gossip of the village. Bredon excused himself and went upstairs to find that Angela was not yet thinking of bed, she had only got tired of a crossword puzzle. "Well," she asked, "and what do you make of Mr. Brinkman?"
"I think he's a bit deep. I think he knows just a little more about all this than he says. However, I let him talk, and did my best to make him think I was a fool."