The girl half rose, but gave no answer.
“Have you been here all day?”
“No, sir.”
“How did you get here?”
The girl made no reply.
“Where have you been all day?”
The answer was unintelligible.
After some further questioning, she said her father accidentally locked her in, when he went out in the morning.
“How did you manage to get out?”
“Pushed a plank off, sir, and crawled out.”