“Indeed! And how do you know it?”
“I saw you come out of the drawing-room and go upstairs.”
“Where were you?”
“In the hall, in the corner by the tall clock.”
For a moment he was silent. She stole a glance at him, and was chilled by the look upon his face. If she had until that moment believed him incapable of murder, she would have altered her opinion after seeing that look.
“And you are kind enough to take it for granted, because you imagine you saw me go upstairs, that it was I who killed the man?”
“Well, it is for others to say that. All I should say is what I saw and what I know.”
“And that is next to nothing. If you had seen me strike the man you might have had something to tell. As it is——”
“As it is, I know that you were in the drawing-room with him; I heard you; and I know you went upstairs afterwards, because I saw you. If nothing happened while you were in the drawing-room, why have you never confessed that you were there?”
He hesitated and then spoke quickly: