"You did not."
"No. But a piece of red stuff may have been used to make the light, and then removed."
"Mrs. Gilroy may know about it."
But Mrs. Gilroy, when questioned, did not. She never knew anything about a red light. Sir Simon had expressed the wish to see the soldier, and had sent down to the kitchen before six. "He was then having tea with Jane."
"Did you see him?" asked the inspector.
"No. Had I done so I should have recognized him. But he always got out of the place when he heard me coming. Once he was concealed in a cupboard. On receiving Sir Simon's message sent by the page, he left the house——"
"Yes," interrupted Lucy. "I remember the message being brought back."
"And then he came after ten," went on Mrs. Gilroy. "I opened the door to him. He asked to see his grandfather."
"He was this man, then?" asked Groom.
"Mr. Bernard Gore? Yes, he was. He went to see the old gentleman, and I waited below. Then he left the house——"