"
Drillford looked again at Viner.
"He'll have to go, now," he said. "If you're going to employ legal help
for him, the solicitor will know where and when he can see him." He
paused on his way to the door and looked a little doubtfully at his
prisoner. "I'll give you a bit of advice," he said, "not as an official,
but as an individual. If you want to clear yourself, you'd better give
all the information you can."
"I'll send my own solicitor to you, Hyde, at once," said Viner. "Be
absolutely frank with him about everything."
When Viner was once more alone with Drillford, the two men looked at
each other.
"My own impression," said Viner, after a significant silence, "is that
we have just heard the plain truth! I'm going to work on it, anyway."
"In that case, Mr. Viner, there's no need for me to say anything,"
remarked Drillford. "It may be the plain truth. But as I am what I am,
all I know is the first-hand evidence against this young fellow. So he
really was a schoolmate of yours?"
"Certainly!" said Viner. "His people live, or did live, in the north. I
shall have to get into communication with them.
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