Who exactly is he?’ ‘The second footman, sir, or at least he was until his lordship dismissed him.’ ‘And when was that?’ ‘Friday night, sir, at dinner.’ ‘Indeed, it seems a strange time to decide to dismiss a servant, in the middle of entertaining guests when you are no doubt rather short-staffed. What had this Robert done to merit such treatment?’ ‘He spilt some boiling hot soup over Lord Sneddon, sir.’ ‘Did he indeed?’ Had they not been investigating the man’s murder and had Lane been present, the inspector was sure his sergeant would have been smirking in the corner at such news. As it was, the inspector was more interested in the butler’s obvious discomfort in being forced to disclose such information. ‘Most unfortunate, I give you, but it seems rather harsh of his lordship to dismiss the man for an accident,’ he said, watching Crabtree closely. ‘Or perhaps it was not an accident? Do you think he did it deliberately?’ ‘I don’t know, sir. I’m afraid you’ll have to ask him that.’ ‘I intend to.
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