“No. Oh, yes, I think I do.”

“Now I don’t want to worry you, but I want you to think before you answer me. When Miss Bostal left you to go upstairs, what did you do?”

“I—I—I went into the kitchen.”

“And you cried there?”

“Yes.”

“And can you tell us about how long you sat there crying?”

“No.”

“Presently you made the tea, didn’t you?”

A pause.

The coroner went on: