“When?”
“To be exact, it was shortly before the office closed Wednesday afternoon. And after I’d had that dinned in my ears all night, I wasn’t in any mood to be charitable with Miss Dearborne.”
“Specifically then, you were all on edge when you came up to the office Thursday morning. That was yesterday. You were angry and worried and you hadn’t slept. You called Imogene into your office and proceeded to put her on the carpet. Is that right?”
“Yes, in a way.”
“Now, you knew that Sergeant Sellers was going to call on you that morning?”
“Yes.”
“And you had suggested that the interview should take place at the office rather than at the house?”
“That’s right. I wanted to keep my mother-in-law from nagging me about Mrs. Cornish.”
“And before we arrived, you called Imogene in and proceeded to tell her off?”
“Well — I’m afraid I rebuked her.”