"Who was with you on the day that you say you went to the Metropolitan Museum?" This was the next question, put with disconcerting suddenness.
She turned still whiter, if that were possible, than before, and her answer was barely audible. "Mr. Gerard."
"Was any one else with you?"
"No one."
"Is he the only person who can corroborate your statement?"
"Yes."
"Then it is a pity he is not here."
She was silent.
"Mr. Gerard," observed Mr. Fenton, "when he went abroad left no address. We made efforts to communicate with him, but so far, we have not succeeded. It is most unfortunate."
"Most unfortunate, certainly," echoed the District Attorney, "for the defendant. But perhaps he was not anxious to be summoned. We have heard of witnesses who went to the ends of the earth to avoid it."