Copplestone scarcely opened his eyes.
"Mr. Tranter was with her near the river. She left him to go back to the house, and asked him to find me, and tell me she was not well."
"Did he find you?"
"Yes. And I at once went into the house."
"Where were you when Mr. Tranter found you?"
"I was crossing the second lawn—towards the tennis courts."
The inspector was busy with his note-book.
"Were you alone?"
"Yes. I had just come out of the house after filling my cigarette-case, as I told you. I was looking for Miss Manderson, and wondering where she had got to. If only I had gone in the right direction ... I might have been in time...."
"After Mr. Tranter had spoken to you, you say you went into the house at once?"