‘Divers?’ Chubb shook his head. ‘That’s going to cost a pretty penny or two. What is it exactly you’re hoping to find?’ ‘The true reason why Pye Hall was burgled on the same evening as Mary Blakiston’s funeral.’
Hm. Why would it need to be that night? Or it's just that when people (who, just Osborne?) knew the Pyes would not be attending, they figured it was a chance to burgle the house unattended?