‘He didn’t know what?’ he therefore demanded menacingly now of Summers. Summers had just returned from The Gold Key.
‘That she was pregnant, sir. I’d go bail on it.’
‘But having it off with her?’
‘Oh, not a doubt of that.’ Unlike his boss, the chief inspector was a tall and gaunt individual, a pipe-smoking bloodhound. ‘All I can say is that he seemed surprised to me. Shocked. Taken aback,’ he amended.
‘Chaps having it off get taken aback when young women are put in the club?’