Mother and Child

Mother and Child
My Sweet Rose painting
Naiade oil painting
Nighthawks Hopper
Richard Egerton looked again at the official card infront of him, then up into the Chief-Inspector's face.
　　"Curious business," hesaid.
　　"Yes, sir," saidChief-Inspector Davy, "a very curious business."
　　"Bertram's Hotel," saidEgerton, in the fog. "Yes it was a bad fog last night. Isuppose you get a lot of that sort of thing in fogs, don'tyou? Snatch and grab – handbags – thatsort of thing?"
　　"It wasn't quite likethat," said Father. "Nobodyattempted to snatch anything from Miss Blake."Where did the shot come from?"
　　"Owing to the fog we can't be sure. She wasn't sure herself. But we think –it seems the best idea – that the man mayhave been standing in the area."