“Yes; he came out of the night nursery when he heard me and said that the children were quiet now.”
“Did he say anything else to you?”
“Yes; he still had the boat in his hand, and he said there was something that he wanted to fix about the rudder, and that he’d bring it back in the morning.”
“Did you say anything to him?”
“Yes.”
“Please tell us what you said.”
“I told him that I had just overheard a telephone conversation that his wife was having with Mr. Bellamy, and that I thought he should know about it.”
“Did you tell him about it?”
“Not at that moment. As I was about to do so, Mrs. Ives herself called up from the foot of the stairs to ask Mr. Ives if he still intended to go to the poker game at the Dallases. . . . Shall I go on?”
“Certainly.”