"I do not know where the crime was committed," Layton replied firmly. "I know nothing of the crime."
"Whoever committed it managed to fulfill your own threat fairly fully."
"Unfortunately, yes."
"Have you any suggestion to make as to who that person may have been?"
"No."
"What, then, did you do when Mr. Bolsover ran after you?"
"I eluded him in the darkness, climbed over the wall again, and went away."
"Without having fulfilled your object?"
"Yes."
"Had you seen anything at all of Miss Manderson, or Mr. Copplestone?"