and had gone to a side- table to look after his vicious cockatoo. He turned round to us with the bird perched on his shoulder.
“Mr. Merriman is Sir Percival’s solicitor,” he said quietly.
Sir Percival’s solicitor. It was a perfectly straightforward answer to Laura’s question, and yet, under the circumstances, it was not satisfactory. If Mr. Merriman had been specially sent for by his client, there would have been
and had gone to a side- table to look after his vicious cockatoo. He turned round to us with the bird perched on his shoulder.
“Mr. Merriman is Sir Percival’s solicitor,” he said quietly.
Sir Percival’s solicitor. It was a perfectly straightforward answer to Laura’s question, and yet, under the circumstances, it was not satisfactory. If Mr. Merriman had been specially sent for by his client, there would have been
