‘To his house, Carrara.’
‘Was it not directed to the Marble Works?’
‘Yes, but—’
‘But what? Speak out, my man.’
‘At the gate Blake, the porter, was very savage, and would not let us in. He said he would have no boys loafing about, we had done harm enough for one while, and he would set his dog at us.’
‘Then you did not give him the letter?’
‘No. I wouldn’t after the way he pitched into me. I didn’t know if he would give it. And he wouldn’t hear a word, so we went up to Rockstone to the house.’
‘Whom did you give it to there?’
‘I dropped it into the slit in the door.’
‘You only told your sister that you delivered it.’