“Then either this man shot himself or some one else shot him immediately before your arrival—or rather if it was not himself the person who did it was in the room, say two minutes, before you arrived.”
“That is so,” Anna admitted.
“I will not trouble you with any questions about the other occupants of the flats,” Mr. Dorling said. “I shall have to go through the building. You say that this gentleman was with you?”
“I was,” Brendon answered, “most providentially.”
“You did not notice anything which may have escaped this lady? You saw no one leave the flats?”
“No one,” Brendon answered.
“You heard no pistol-shot?”
“None.”
The detective turned again to Anna.