Alice admitted him.
"Has Mrs. Butler come yet?" he asked.
"Not yet," replied Alice.
"The governor has decided that I am to be a witness to your conversation."
"I am glad of it. I don't want to take the responsibility alone."
They sat talking until quarter past three, when Mrs. Butler appeared.
Harry slipped into the other room when her knock was heard.
Alice took the woman right in hand, but she learned nothing more than the Bradys already knew.
Mrs. Butler wanted to find her daughter, that was all.
She only hinted vaguely at stolen papers.