Chapter 13

“My dear Barnett, don’t be childish! Why all these pointless complications? You shouldn’t waste your energy ferreting out mares’ nests. It’s a thing I never do. For goodness sake let’s stick to the facts as we find them and refrain from distorting them to fit impossible theories.” The party was by now near Monsieur Leboc’s house which was on their way to the Gaudus’. Monsieur Formerie took Barnett’s arm and went affably on with his curtain lecture. “Where you went wrong, Barnett, was in refusing to admit the incont…