: Unnatural death by Sayers Dorothy L Dorothy Leigh - Private investigators England Fiction; Detective and mystery stories; Wimsey Peter Lord (Fictitious character) 1890- Fiction

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they're practically dead already, as you might say. What's the point of keepin' them sufferin' on like that?"

Nurse Forbes looked rather sharply at him.

"I'm afraid that wouldn't do," she said, "though one understands the lay person's point of view, of course. Dr. Carr was not of your opinion," she added, a little acidly.

"I think all that fuss was simply shockin'," said the gentleman warmly. "Poor old soul! I said to my wife at the time, why couldn't they let the poor old thing rest. Fancy cuttin' her about, when obviously she'd just mercifully gone off in a natural way! My wife quite agreed with me. She was quite upset about it, don't you know."

"It was very distressing to everybody concerned," said Nurse Forbes, "and of course, it put me in a very awkward position. I ought not to talk about it, but as you are one of the family, you will quite understand."

"Just so. Did it ever occur to you, Nurse"--Mr. Simms-Gaythorpe leaned forward, crushing his soft hat between his hands in a nervous manner--"that there might be something behind all that?"

Nurse Forbes primmed up her lips.

Nurse Forbes intimated that it was not her business to think things.

"No, of course not, certainly not. But as man to man--I mean, between you and me, what?--wasn't there a little--er--friction, perhaps, about sending for the solicitor-johnnie, don't you know? Of course, my Cousin Mary--I call her cousin, so to speak, but it's no relation at all really--of course, I mean, she's an awfully nice girl and all that sort of thing, but I'd got a sort of idea perhaps she wasn't altogether keen on having the will-making wallah sent for, what?"

"Oh, Mr. Simms-Gaythorpe, I'm sure you're quite wrong there. Miss Whittaker was most anxious that her aunt should have every facility in that way. In fact--I don't think I'm betraying any confidence in telling you this--she said to me, 'If at any time Miss Dawson should express a wish to see a lawyer, be sure you send for him at once.' And so, of course, I did."

"You did? And didn't he come, then?"

"Certainly he came. There was no difficulty about it at all."

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