Both of the Hobbs and R. Deaves also invested in the company. In 1967 he married Margaret Deaves. It is currently managed by Rev. Pete Deaves who is also Rector of Frittenden. Having divorced Margaret Deaves in 1985, in 1988 he remarried to Carolyn Somerville. Hastings spies on Ryland, but is captured by Ryland and Deaves, who wait for Poirot.