"But I don't know what to say. I don't even know what you want."
"I'll tell you. Your work in the house has been upstairs work, hasn't it?"
"Yes, sir. I did up the rooms—some of them," she added cautiously.
"What rooms? Front rooms, rear rooms, or both?"
"Rooms in front; those on the third floor."
"But you sometimes went into the extension?"
"I've been down the hall."
"Haven't you been in any of the rooms there,—Number 3, for instance?"
"No, sir; my work didn't take me there."
"But you've heard of the room?"