The early death of Solomon Hill and in grief the passing of senior Hill, the mastership of the firm fell first to Mr. Ford and then to his widow.
No secret lies long in fallow earth. Senior Hill’s granddaughter Mrs. Brown learn the reason for her aunt’s spinsterhood and from fragments of fact learn from Mr. Jones also knew the falsehood engineered my the Magus Ford. In council she kept with her niece Mrs. Kane and they did mean righteous ruin.
“Is that not correct Mrs. Brown” said the detective gently directing the doctor to take aim at the wall.