"I am quite sure."
"The table was in the middle of the room?"
"Yes."
"Some significant details have escaped your notice. Do you not recollect that in the newspaper reports it was stated that Louis' body was beneath the table?"
He started at this, and I perceived that he was becoming more interested.
"I recollect it, but it did not strike me at the time, my mind being occupied by but one thought. Louis was dead. I had killed him."
"It appears strange to you now?"
"Very strange," he answered, thoughtfully.
"In order to argue this out," I continued, "I will suppose that when you left the house, you were mistaken in your belief that Louis was dead. Shortly afterwards he came to his senses. Getting upon his feet he staggered about the room in the dark till his hands touched the table. In his endeavors to reach the door the table was upset."
"Yes, that explains it."