“It was after office hours, and all the clerks had gone.”
“Who admitted you?”
“Sir John himself. He had made the appointment, and expected us.”
“Did Sir John leave you in his room and go into any other room whilst you were there?”
“No.”
“Then, Lady Rellingham, how do you account for this letter having been press-copied?”
“I really cannot tell. Perhaps he did it in his own room, and I never noticed him copying it. I don’t know how letters are copied.”
“But I do know, Lady Rellingham. It needs a press to press-copy a letter, and the press is in the clerks’ office.”
“Perhaps we were in the clerks’ office?”
“Will you describe the room, Lady Rellingham?”