In the novel Hallowe'en Party, Colonel Weston and his wife are the current residents of Quarry House in Woodleigh Common. When Hercule Poirot arrive at the house to speak to the pair, a grey-haired woman (possibly the housekeeper) tells him that they are in London and would not be back until the next week. Later while walking in Quarry Woods, Poirot met Michael Garfield. At first Poirot apoloigised for trespassing but Garfield reassured him that althought the Woods were part of the Quarry House property and not exactly open to the public, Colonel Weston didn't mind visitors as long as no damage was done.