"Yes; Mr. Pembroke was always ready to see any one who called. I suppose, as he never went out, it provided diversion and entertainment for him."
"He always treated them politely?"
"Perhaps not that, but he was decent to them. However, he frequently used them as targets for his ill temper."
"They resented this?"
"That depended on their errand. If they were asking favors, they were naturally more patient than if they were there to transact my uncle's business."
"Your uncle also vented his ill-temper on his servants, I understand?"
"He certainly did. No servant ever staid very long in his employ."
"Can you think of any servant who has lived with him who might be implicated in this crime?"
George Lawrence paused, and seemed to be thinking over the line of servants who had come and gone. At last he shook his head; "Not definitely," he said. "I don't remember them individually. But there were several who were so badly treated by my uncle that it would not be surprising if they had held revengeful thoughts toward him. However, I could not go so far as to accuse any one of them."