chapters five and six Summary

Craddock and Sergeant Fletcher visit Little Paddocks and interrogate Miss Blacklock and Miss Bunner in chapter five. Sergeant Fletcher informs Craddock about the difficult Mitzi as they arrive- she's uncooperative and a liar. Julia Simmons opens the door with "a bored expression" and allows the men inside. Miss Blacklock meets with them. Craddock notices that she is an attractive woman with no make-up, a surgical mark by her right ear, and plainly dressed with a Victorian flair. The only thing out of the ordinary is the vase of dead violets. Miss Bunner tells Craddock about the mess after the "incident": tables had been knocked over and someone's cigarette burnt a nice piece of furniture. Miss Blacklock lets Craddock know that she had met Rudi before at the Royal Spa Hotel. She and Miss Bunner had been lunching...