“It was just beginning to get dark when I arrived, and the electricity was shut off, so I didn’t linger in the house—just procured the papers and cleared out. When I got back to the car, I decided to leave it there and walk over to the cottage and back. It was only a ten-minute walk each way, and it was a fine evening. I started off——”
“You say that it was dark at the time?”
“It was fairly dark when I started, and quite dark as I approached the cottage.”
“Was there a moon?”
“I don’t think so; I remember noticing the stars on the way home, but I am quite sure that there was no moon at that time.”
“You met no one on your way to the cottage?”
“No one at all.”
“You saw nothing to attract your attention?”
“No.”
“And heard nothing?”