The Case of the Bayswater Christening Cup

A silver christening cup gone from a locked cabinet. Four people had access to the house. The household has not left.

“Miss Mary Sutherland calls”
Sidney Paget · The Strand Magazine, September 1891 · Public Domain

Section I

The Scene

A widow in mourning sits at a Bayswater writing-desk, an empty silver cabinet behind her.

Hand-drawn map of the Bayswater drawing-room and adjoining areas. — The ground in question.

Setting: 12 Westbourne Terrace, Bayswater - the Whitcombe residence
Time: Late morning, Tuesday, mid-October 1894
Weather: Light rain, low cloud, gas-lamps still lit at the corners
Atmosphere: A respectable widow's house in subdued mourning, every surface lately polished, every face carefully composed.

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