“It was a room on the first floor, not looking into the square, and it had a large table and some chairs.”
“Then, Lady Rellingham, if I can prove the clerks’ offices are all on the ground floor, and that none of them have chairs or tables, but all have desks and stools, you must be mistaken?”
“Are you going to prove that, Mr. Tempest?”
“Oh certainly, my lord; if you wish it. Now, Lady Rellingham, a moment ago you said Sir John admitted you. Your exact words were, ‘He had made the appointment and expected us.’ Who was the other person?”
“That was a mistake. I went alone.”
“Did you expect to meet anyone else there?”
“No.”
“Did anyone else go there?”
“No.”
“Was no one else present at the interview between yourself and Sir John?”