Sudden AIC thought (based on reading Suspicions of Mr Wicher). Police officers (until the v top) we’re not considered to be acceptable ‘company’. You can still see this a little in Christie. Is the Inspector’s presence in the ‘fancy’ rooms therefore a class invasion?

Would an Inspector be received in these rooms at this point or would he be expected to use the back/side door like other service people? What was to social status of detectives at this point, I’m not quite sure. He’s clearly not a clubable man but is that linked to his social

Position or his political viewpoints? Is his mere presence an intrusion of criminal reality into the facade of ‘high society’? Or am I overthinking? @FunkyPedagogy @GCSE_Macbeth