"How did she know it was he who had done it? Did she see him do it?"
"No, she didn't see him."
"How then did she know it?"
"He had told her so afterwards."
"Could she say how he killed him?"
"No, she could not."
"Or why?"
To this question even Mrs. McKeon could get no answer.
"Where was she when Captain Ussher was killed?"
No answer.