"When did you last see your uncle alive?"
"When he left the drawing-room last evening, to retire to his bedroom."
"Was he apparently as well as usual?"
"Quite so. His gout was troublesome, but he had no other ailment that I know of."
"At what hour was this?"
"About ten o'clock."
"Was your uncle in a bad temper when he left you?"
"He was."
"Especially so?"
"Yes."