“I don’t know, sir.”
“You do know! You know your employers well enough to judge by their manner whether they were at odds or not. Answer me, man!”
“Well, sir, they were, I should judge, a little at odds.”
“Oh, they were! In what way did they show it? By quarreling?”
“No, sir.”
“How, then?”
“By not saying anything. But it’s not uncommon for them to be at odds, sir—”
“Speak when you’re spoken to! After Mr. Embury went to his room, did you attend him?”
“I was in his room, yes.”
“Mrs. Embury was in her own room then?”