A. “I don’t remember. It was after the second act. I had a frightful headache and the worry over what father had told me, added to the excitement of the morning—I had promised to marry Mr. De Medici—upset me too much to finish the play. I asked the stage manager to call my understudy and left the theater.”
Q. “Did you go straight home?”
A. “Yes.”
Q. “What time did you reach the apartment?”
A. “I don’t know. I went straight up in the elevator, intending to take a nap before the party started.”
Q. “Do you usually carry a key to your apartment?”
A. “I had one until several weeks ago. I lost it.”
Q. “So you rang and the housekeeper let you in?”
A. “Yes.”
Q. “What was her demeanor when she opened the door?”