In any case he would have removed it by this time, and hidden it
in some more secret place. Besides, why in this case bother
about shutting the door?
Bill pulled open a drawer in the chest, and looked inside.
"Is it any good going through these, do you think?" he asked.
Antony looked over his shoulder.
"Why did he keep clothes here at all?" he asked. "Did he ever
change down here?"
"My dear Tony, he had more clothes than anybody in the world. He
just kept them here in case they might be useful, I expect. When
you and I go from London to the country we carry our clothes
about with us. Mark never did. In his flat in London he had
everything all over again which he has here. It was a hobby with
him, collecting clothes. If he'd had half a dozen houses, they
would all have been full of a complete gentleman's town and
country outfit."
"I see."
"Of course, it might be useful sometimes, when he was busy in the
next room, not to have to go upstairs for a handkerchief or a
more comfortable coat."
"I see. Yes." He was walking round the room as he answered, and
he lifted the top of the linen basket which stood near the wash
basin and glanced in.
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