"And this is all you can tell us about this singular couple? Had they no meals in your house?"
"No, sir; the gentleman—or I suppose I should say the lady, sir, for the order was given in her voice—sent for two dozen oysters and a bottle of ale, which were furnished to them in their rooms; but they didn't come to the dining-room."
"Is the boy here who carried up those articles?"
"He is, sir."
"And the chambermaid who attended to their rooms?"
"Yes, sir."
"Then you may answer this question, and we will excuse you. How was the gentleman dressed when you saw him?"
"In a linen duster and a felt hat."
"Let the jury remember that. And now let us hear from Richard Clapp. Is Richard Clapp in the room?"
"I am, sir," answered a cheery voice; and a lively young man with a shrewd eye and a wide-awake manner popped up from behind a portly woman on a side seat and rapidly came forward.