"Very hot."
"Sunlight in the living-room windows, was there? Remember?"
"Yes."
"In the hallway?"
"I guess so."
"Good memory. Let me check it just a little more. What was Miss Blake wearing that day?"
"A—oh, just a dress, I don't know what a dressmaker would call it."
"Well—color?"
"White."
"Good. A simple white dress. Now look, Sergeant, I think you can remember whether she went ahead of you into the living-room. I'll help you out—you wouldn't have left her alone with that brandy bottle when you'd as good as told her she was under suspicion, would you?"