"No."
"Did you come across the stream?" asked the Englishman quickly.
"Yes. I thought it was a short cut, but I got lost."
"You came right from the brook to my place?"
"Well, not exactly. I got tangled up in the woods before I got on the path that brought me here."
"See anything strange around the Langmore house—any tracks or anything like that?"
"Why do you ask that? I thought you were sure Miss Langmore was guilty."
"So I am, but a fellow makes some bloomin' mistakes sometimes. I am not interested very much though," continued Matlock Styles, and gave a yawn.
"I saw nothing out of the ordinary. There were a good many footprints."
"Running this way?"