"Weel," said Gowrie perplexedly, "ye speak sae queerly----"
"Quite so," said Kyles, cutting him short, "you evidently know nothing, Mr. Gowrie."
"I tauld ye sae," said the sage triumphantly.
"Did you see anything, when you slept in the tap-room?"
"Naething," said Gowrie in a brazen manner.
"And when you went upstairs, as you confessed at the trial?"
"I didnae confess that. I said that I drugged Herries' drink tae give him a sleep."
"Humph. I should scarcely think that you were so philanthropic. But you were up the stairs."
"Hoo d'y' ken?" asked Gowrie swiftly.
"Ah, that's my secret. I know more about your movements on that night than you think."