That's all.' For his own part the man of letters did not care a straw whether Van Torp had committed the murder or not, but he thought it very unlikely.
On general principles, he thought the law usually found out the truth in the end, and he was ready to do what he could to help it.

He held his tongue, and told no one about the detective's visit, because he had no intimate friend in England; partly, too, because he wished to keep his name out of what was now called 'the Van Torp scandal.' He would never have alluded to the matter if he had not accidentally found himself next to Lady Maud at dinner.

She had always liked him and trusted him, and he liked her and her father.

On that evening she spoke of Van Torp within the first ten minutes, and expressed her honest indignation at the general attack made on 'the kindest man that ever lived.' Then Griggs felt that she had a sort of right to know what was being done to bring against her friend an accusation of murder, for he believed Van Torp innocent, and was sure that Lady Maud would warn him; but it was for her sake only that Griggs spoke, because he pitied her.
She took it more calmly than he had expected, but she grew a little paler, and that look came into her eyes which Margaret and Logotheti saw there an hour afterwards; and presently she asked Griggs if he too would join the week-end party at Craythew, telling him that Van Torp would be there.

Griggs accepted, after a moment's hesitation.
She was not quite sure why she had so frankly appealed to Logotheti for help when they left Margaret's house together, but she was not disappointed in his answer.