"Humph! I see you have an answer for every thing."
Craik Mansell was silent.
A look of admiration slowly spread itself over the detective's face.
"We must probe the matter a little deeper," said he. "I see I have a hard head to deal with." And, bringing his glance a little nearer to the prisoner, he remarked:
"If she had been standing there you could not have turned round without seeing her?"
"No."
"Now, did you see her standing there?"
"No."
"Yet you turned round?"
"I did?"