Chapter 24 Summary

Mr. Favell laughs wickedly prompting Colonel Julyan to write him off as being drunk. Maxim notifies the Colonel of Mr. Favell's attempt at blackmailing him. Colonel Julyan is not impressed with Mr. Favell. He tells Mr. Favell that he does not have proof against Maxim. Mr. Favell believes he has a witness to Rebecca's murder. He thinks that Ben had been on the beach that night. Maxim calls for his servant to fetch Ben. The author is sickened. She thinks back to the conversations that she had with Ben. She thought he had been talking nonsense but he had said unkind things about Rebecca, that she had been mean to him and that he hadn't told anyone. Now she knows that Ben had meant that he hadn't told anyone that Maxim killed Rebecca.

Ben arrives and Colonel Julyan asks him questions. Ben denies...