“Oh, no, just a general exclamation, it was. And I went toward the door to listen, if it might be repeated.”
“Was the door open?”
“No, but it has glass in it, with sash curtains, and these were a little way open, and I could see through them that the light went out suddenly——”
“Well?”
“And then I went right in, without making a sound——”
“Didn’t it make a sound as you opened the door?”
“The door was open.”
“You said it was not.”
“Oh, I don’t know whether it was or not! I was so scared to see Eric,—Mr. Stannard, dead or dying, and his wife standing there as if she had just——”
“Just what? Killed him?”