"Can you give me any reason why Dr. Pye, Dr. Vinsen's intimate friend, should say he had not seen him for some days past?"
"No, sir, I can't make it out."
"In his visits to you did you have any conversation about the murder?"
"Yes, sir."
"Did he make any reference to Mr. Reginald Boyd and Mr. Richard Remington in connection with it?"
"Yes, sir. It was his opinion, he said, that Mr. Reginald Boyd did it, and that Mr. Remington was mixed up with it, and that, to keep off suspicion from themselves, they were trying to throw it on my poor husband."
"Did you believe it?"
"I didn't know what to believe, sir, I've been that distracted."
"I sincerely pity you; but do not lose heart. Did your daughter Gracie believe it----but stop, I must put it another way. Did your daughter Gracie say anything to you on the subject?"
"Yes, sir. She said she didn't believe it. The poor child didn't like Dr. Vinsen."