"'No one.'
"'You had a servant left. What became of her?'
"'It was arranged that she should remain in our service on the Continent, and we sent her on before us.'
"'Where to?'
"'To Lucerne. I had taken a châlet in Vitznau, and she was to proceed there to see to the rooms, and to await our arrival.'
"'How is it that you and the deceased remained in the house when there were no servants in it?'
"'It was against my desire. I wished my daughter to go to a hotel, but she refused. She said we could manage very well at home. She had an aversion to English hotels, and was never happy in one. As we were to leave London the next day, I humored her.'
"'Can you give us any explanation of the cause of her aversion to our hotels?'
"'She was in the habit of saying that they were so different to Continental hotels--so stiff and formal. But I do not think that was quite the reason. She was nervously distrustful of herself in the society of strangers, and was, I regret to say, of a melancholy disposition.'
"'Had this been always the case with her?'