“I know only what Mr. Trowbridge himself told me.”
“And that was?”
“That I should inherit a handsome sum, in addition to this house and its contents.”
“In the event of your being his wife?”
“In the event of his death.”
“Do you know anything further than we have heard of Mr. Trowbridge’s movements on the day that he met his death?”
“I do,—a little.” Eleanor Black bridled and smiled sadly. The jurymen gazed in involuntary admiration, for the features of the beautiful brunette took on an added charm from that slight smile.
“What is it?”
“He telephoned to me about two o’clock, saying he would be home early and we would go out for a little motor ride. He was very fond of motoring,—with me.”
The last two words were added in a lower tone that implied a most romantic attachment between these two.