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There was a lull in the political and social worlds when Herries was captured. The newspapers had said all that they could say regarding past events, and nothing especial was happening worth prattling about. The "Marsh Inn" case, with its strong element of mystery and its spice of romance, proved to be a godsend in the way of "copy. " Consequently, hordes of eager reporters poured into Tarhaven, whither Inspector Trent had conducted his prisoner after the arrest at Anderfield in Bucks. The facts that Herries was Sir Simon's nephew -- for the late knight was no unimportant figure in the commercial-millionaire world -- that he had inherited fifty thousand a year, and that he had been taken by the police, when issuing from the village church immediately after his marriage, made the whole case immensely interesting. Also the mystery of the murder lifted it out of the category of ordinary crime.
It was well-known that the prisoner declared himself to be innocent, and everyone wondered what possible defence he could make.