"I'm sure she must have been—it was brilliant, you know."
"She said so?"
"Oh, not actually—but I could tell. And it cheered the child up. I was quite easy about her—and then ten minutes later——" She shuddered.
"Then it might have been an accident," he suggested soothingly.
"It wasn't," she said, with despairing conviction.
"My dear girl! Either you're indulging in morbid imaginings—or you've something to go on?"
She shook her head with a frightened look at him.
"No!" she said hurriedly. "No!"
"Then why," he said quietly, meeting her eyes, "were you frightened at the inquest?"
She averted her eyes.