‘Did you hire the car for her?’

‘Oh, yes. We deal with the Acme Garage. You may know it?’

I said I knew it.

‘Ferris brought the car around at six-thirty or seven, and left it for Miss Henderson.’

‘Did he see her?’

The clerk lifted his eyebrows.

‘Why, no. That wasn’t necessary.’

‘You’re quite sure he didn’t see her?’

‘Yes.’

‘What happened to the car?’