“And you heard no pistol shot?”
“No, sir.”
The coroner cast a quick look at the jury, who almost to a man glanced aside as he did so.
“Miss Leavenworth, we are told that Hannah, one of the servants, started for your room late last night after some medicine. Did she come there?”
“No, sir.”
“When did you first learn of her remarkable disappearance from this house during the night?”
“This morning before breakfast. Molly met me in the hall, and asked how Hannah was. I thought the inquiry a strange one, and naturally questioned her. A moment’s talk made the conclusion plain that the girl was gone.”
“What did you think when you became assured of this fact?”
“I did not know what to think.”
“No suspicion of foul play crossed your mind?”