“Quite right. May sixteenth was a Saturday. And since then you have gone to the theatre every Saturday evening?”
“Yes, sir.”
“When did the owner of the house go away?”
“Last April. His wife was ill and he had to take her away. They went to Italy.”
“And you two have been alone in the house since April?”
“Yes, sir, we two.”
“Was there no janitor?”
“No, sir. The garden was taken care of by a man who came in for the day.”
“And you had no dog? I haven’t seen any around the place.”
“No, sir; the Professor did not like animals. But he must have been thinking about buying a dog, because I found a new dog-whip in his room one day.”