'Well，Miss Clarkson，'Inspector Walsh said，'I want you to talk about last night．'
　　Diane stopped smiling．'Oh，I can talk about last night．I can't stop talking about it．We were all angry．Mother went to bed early and I made hot milk for her．We were all in the kitchen，and Peter Hobbs came in He nearly broke the back door down．'Diane stopped．
　　'Yes？'
　　'He was very angry about a letter．He wanted to kill Mother．Are you going to talk to him？'
　　'We're going to talk to everyone．'
　　'Good．Tom Briggs came into the kitchen，too．Are you going to talk to him？'
　　'I'm asking the questions，Miss Clarkson．When did you take the milk upstairs？'
　　'I went up after Roger．'She stopped for a minute．Then she began again．'I didn't like my mother，Inspector．She killed my father，you know．Last winter，after Christmas，she drove the car into a tree and killed my father．'
　　Inspector Walsh watched Diane's face carefully．'I see．So you wanted to kill your mother？'
　　Diane laughed．'I wanted to kill her，but I didn't．I can tell you a lot of things about this family，Inspector．Everyone wanted Mother to die．Uncle Albert wanted her money for his wife，Annie．And then my brother．He needs a lot of money．He has an expensive house and an expensive car．And think of Jackie．Do you know that Jackie didn't like Mother？A long time age，a nice boy worked here．He was the gardener．Jackie loved him very much，but Mother said no．A gardener was not a good husband for a Clarkson girl！'
　　Inspector Walsh listened quietly．All this was very interesting but was it important？Perhaps．What a happy family the Clarksons were！
　　'We found the empty bottle of sleeping tablets in your room，'Inspector Walsh said quietly． He watched her face carefully．
　　Diane stood up suddenly，her face angry．'What？I didn't put it there！I'm not going to listen to this！'She ran out of the room．
　　'Well，well，well，'Inspector Walsh said．'She likes you，Sergeant．You need to be careful．'
　　Sergeant Foster laughed but his face went red again．
　　'Someone put sleeping tablets in Molly's hot milk，'the In-spector said．'All the family were in the kitchen last night．Peter Hobbs and Tom Briggs were there，too．One of them killed Molly．'
　　Inspector Walsh got his hat and coat．'Come on．We need to talk to Peter Hobbs and Tom Briggs．Let's get some more coffee first．I'd like a sandwich，too．I'm hungry again！'

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