“No. She had buried her face in a pillow against which she leaned.”
“Why did she do this? Was she feeling ill?”
“No.”
“Then why the act?”
“I cannot say.”
“You mean you will not. Was it because you had said something to her that caused her emotion?”
“I refuse to answer, and you have no right to ask.”
“Very well, don’t answer. But, you must admit, that if her face was buried in the pillow, she could not see if a man passed through the Billiard Room to the studio.”
“But no one did!”
“How do you know?”