"But," objected Peacock, "you had just gone from his house; what did he go to yours for?"
"To restore a string of pearls."
"Did he repeat to you anything that he had said to his wife?"
"Had he attempted to I should have refused to listen."
"Was he drunk?"
"I cannot say. I have never seen anyone in that condition."
"Did he make any threats regarding Loftus?"
"A gentleman does not make threats."
"Miss Waldron, I will thank you to answer me directly. Did he or did he not?"
"He did not."