He knows - because he has been, let us call it 'paying attention to' (to be polite) rather than anything so sordid as 'following' - Mr. Wolfe, that Mr. Wolfe has been going out. Clearly for the purposes of meeting with someone. He rather suspects it is Miss Spenlow.
Which is why, of course, he can say nothing.
"To answer your question, Miss Spenlow," says Miss Twaite, in the clear silence, "it was the dog. He appears to have taken some dislike to me - or possibly he was showing affection; it is always difficult to tell."
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He knows - because he has been, let us call it 'paying attention to' (to be polite) rather than anything so sordid as 'following' - Mr. Wolfe, that Mr. Wolfe has been going out. Clearly for the purposes of meeting with someone. He rather suspects it is Miss Spenlow.
Which is why, of course, he can say nothing.
"To answer your question, Miss Spenlow," says Miss Twaite, in the clear silence, "it was the dog. He appears to have taken some dislike to me - or possibly he was showing affection; it is always difficult to tell."