Ferrars.

 

3. That of my sister: that Roger Ackroyd had married his housekeeper, Miss

Russell.

 

A fourth or super-theory was propounded by Caroline later as we went up to bed.

 

“Mark my words,” she said suddenly, “I shouldn’t be at all surprised if Geoffrey

Raymond and Flora weren’t married.”

 

“Surely it would be ‘From G,’ not ‘From R’ then,” I suggested.

 

“You never know. Some girls call men by their surnames. And you heard what Miss

Ganett said this evening—about Flora’s carryings on.”

 

Strictly speaking, I had not heard Miss Ganett say anything of the kind, but I

respected Caroline’s knowledge of innuendoes.

 

“How about Hector Blunt,” I hinted. “If it’s anybody——”

 

“Nonsense,” said Caroline. “I dare say he admires her—may even be in love with

her. But depend upon it a girl isn’t going to fall in love with a man old enough

to be her father when there’s a good-looking young secretary about. She may

encourage Major Blunt just as a blind.