“Was it unlocked?”
A slow flush broke over the prisoner’s whole face. He saw where he had been landed and took a minute to pull himself together before he replied: “I had the key to that door, too. I got it out of the kitchen.”
“You have not spoken of going into the kitchen.”
“I have not spoken of coming downstairs.”
“You went into the kitchen?”
“Yes.”
“When?”
“When I first came down.”
“That is not in accordance with your direct testimony. On the contrary, you said that on coming downstairs you went straight to the rack for your overcoat. Stenographer read what the prisoner said on this topic.”
A rustling of leaves, distinctly to be heard in the deathlike silence of the room, was followed by the reading of this reply and answer: