“No. And I don’t think he had. At least I never saw the least sign of it. None of the other servants ever mentioned it.”
“Did he look like a man in good health?”
“He was rather gray—from his indoor life, I suppose. But he never looked sick to me.”
“You think he was murdered, then?”
“Good Heavens, I don’t see how we can think anything else!”
“You can ascribe no reason for his murder.”
“Absolutely none.”
“You can’t, eh.” The coroner paused, several seconds. “To come back to yourself. You were here less than a month. May I ask what was your idea in buying this manor house?”
“I hardly understand——”
“What did you get it for, a home?”