"What?"
"She had placed that cross on Mr. Adams's breast. That was a woman's act, Mr. Gryce."
"I am glad to hear you say so. The placing of that cross on a layman's breast was a mystery to me, and is still, I must own. Great remorse or great fright only can account for it."
"You will find many mysteries in this case, Mr. Gryce."
"As great a number as I ever encountered."
"I have to add one."
"Another?"
"It concerns the old butler."
"I thought you did not see him."
"I did not see him in the room where Mr. Adams lay."