"You did?"
"Yes."
"And you heard nothing on that night!"
"If you walked twenty miles during the day, Fanks, you would have been too tired to listen for the sounds of a possible murder."
"Yes, yes, of course. What a pity we can't look twenty-four hours ahead of things; it would save such a lot of trouble."
"And prevent such a lot of murders. If such prophetic power were given to humanity, I'm afraid your occupation would be gone."
"Othello's remark! yes, of course; but I'm sorry you slept so soundly on that night, as some one might have been in the dead man's room."
"Why do you think so?" asked Roger, quickly.
"Because the door was slightly ajar," replied Fanks, sagaciously; "a nervous man would not have slept with his door like that. You're sure you heard nothing?"
"Quite sure."