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abandoning the polite family member act.
 If you got my message, as you must have done,
you ll know.
 And what s it to you?
 I m just warning you, that s all, said Fran,
ostentatiously crossing her fingers,  the police know
about this, or think they do, and they ll be coming after
you.
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 Oh, yeah? And who told them? Fran could hear
the sneer in Paul s voice.
 Well, I did, but Nurse Redding told me.
He laughed.  Oh, and they ll believe you, will they?
Well, what if I told you I happen to know she won t
corroborate any such story, and anyway, there is a
witness who s already sworn he saw me arriving when
I said I did.
 Who s that?
 I don t see why I should tell you, but on the other
hand, perhaps it ll keep you off my back. It was the
gardener. Not to mention Sue Warner, of course. She
saw me, too.
 Do the police know that? asked Fran.
 Of course. They found out when they questioned
the gardener. I didn t point them in his direction. Now,
please, I ve got work to do. And I d appreciate it if you
kept out of our business. This has nothing to do with
you, as I believe my mother has already told you.
 So that s that, she said to Libby, switching her
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phone off.  Exit Paul as a suspect. I wonder if Redding
was lying to me?
 Couldn t you tell? asked Libby.
 No, of course I couldn t. All that I got from her this
morning was the business about Tyne Chapel. It s
quite possible that she was trying to shock me.
Particularly when she said that about sleeping with
Paul. I just can t imagine it, can you?
 No. Urgh, said Libby, sh uddering.  I ve only ever
seen Paul once, but the two of them together  it s
creepy. Do you think she locked him in the linen
cupboard?
 I think it s quite serious, Libby, said Fran.  You
didn t see her this morning. She was  oh, I don t
know. She terrified me.
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 Do you think she might kill again, then? Libby
looked scared.
 Again? You ve decided she s the murderer, then?
 Well, who else? On her own admission she went
into Aunt Eleanor s room before letting Barbara in,
whether she saw Paul and Nurse Warner or not. And
she nicked the will, for some confused reason of her
own.
 I don t see it, said Fran.  Marion Headlam was
coming down that corridor, remember, to ask about the
birthday cake. She could easily have slipped in and
done it before Barbara got there.
 She does have a motive, said Libby.  Redding
doesn t really, neither does Warner.
 I m afraid my money s still on Barbara, though,
sighed Fran.  The more I think about it, the more
obvious it seems.
 It s the will that s confused everything isn t it?
said Libby.  Being stolen, or mislaid, or whatever.
 I suppose so. If it had still been there, and Barbara
or Paul had seen it, they wouldn t have tried to kill
Eleanor, they d have tried to make her change the
codicil. They certainly wouldn t want her to die with
that in place. Fran frowned.  So why did Redding take
it?
 Revenge on Paul? Libby was looking confused.
 Oh, no, she would have to have taken it before she
found Warner with Paul. Oh! A light broke across her
face.  That s it!
 What s it?
 What happened! After she caught the two of them
together, she took the will, killed Eleanor, all the time
meaning to put the will back so that Paul wouldn t
then inherit anything.
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Fran shook her head.  Why take the will? She could
just have killed Eleanor and let the will be found.
 Oh. Libby s face fell.  Well, if it wasn t her, and it
couldn t be Warner or Paul, it has to be either the
Headlam or Barbara.
 Or a passing tramp, said Fran, gloomily.  And I
don t know why I m bothered, it s nothing to do with
me, as the Denvers keep telling me.
 Well, it is, in a way. Especially now you ve
discovered everything about you and Uncle Frank and
the cottage. You re bound to be interested. Libby
tucked her feet underneath her.  And what s Cap n
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