Chapter 10: X

X His remarks on the subject of Miss Marple as we left the house were far from complimentary. “I really believe that wizened-up old maid thinks she knows everything there is to know. And hardly been out of this village all her life. Preposterous. What can she know of life?” I said mildly that though doubtless Miss Marple knew next to nothing of Life with a capital L, she knew practically everything that went on in St. Mary Mead. Melchett admitted that grudgingly. She was a valuable w…