According to Mrs Partridge, the wife of the gents’ outfitter, Sarah Gosling left her husband for Morgan and went to live with him in Brighton.’ ‘But d’you think he might know anything that would help us, sir?’ As was often the case, Marriott was having difficulty following Hardcastle’s mercurial changes of direction in the enquiry. ‘We won’t know until we ask, Marriott. I seem to remember saying that Wood should go, but not until I told him to. I think he should go now.’ ‘I’ll send him straight away, sir, although it remains to be seen whether there’ll be any trace of Morgan or Mrs Gosling there. If I remember correctly, Mrs Partridge wasn’t altogether sure that that’s where the couple had gone. As a matter of fact, I think she was only guessing.’ ‘We can’t rely on guesswork,’ said Hardcastle, a comment that surprised Marriott. He had long since convinced himself that the DDI frequently relied on intuition. And often obtained a satisfactory outcome as a result.
