"I did not see anything. But I was so upset I noticed scarcely anything."
"That was natural, of course. The safe has not yet been opened?"
"No, we are waiting for a man to come from the safe makers."
"Now, one thing more. After you came back to the house before practicing what did you do?"
"I wrote some letters to girl friends, telling them I could not give a house party."
"And before that?"
"I—I, must I tell? I threw myself on the bed yonder for a good cry.
It was silly, I know—but—but—"
"Did you hear anything unusual while you were here? Think carefully."
"I have tried to think it out several times. Sometimes I think I heard some sort of a shriek, but I am not at all certain. Then, again, I think I heard the fall of something heavy on the floor. But it may be all fancy."
"And that is all you can tell me?"