"Did she see anyone when she came the second time?"
"Yes, Mr. Desmond, my lord's cousin."
"What time was that?"
"About twelve, between eleven and twelve."
Dowker pondered a little. So she called here to see Calliston just before she was murdered, and saw Desmond. Now the question was, what had Desmond to do with the affair.
"Was Mr. Desmond here on that evening by accident?"
"No. He told me he had come to give Miss Sarschine a message from Lord Calliston."
"You did not overhear their conversation?"
"Me," growled Tottie, indignantly, "I never listen--out when she was leaving they were 'having a row."
"About what time?"