Williams signalled the waiting detective to stop where he was.
“Well, Mary,” he continued, “will you kindly go into my room for a moment?”
The woman rose and passed into the room indicated.
“Miss Halpin,” began Williams when the door closed, “I suppose you are well aware what your position is, and that it can’t be made much worse. I cannot, of course, promise you any leniency, but if you want to answer a few questions you can regard yourself as speaking confidentially to your Counsel, and I may possibly be able to give you some advice.”
The woman looked at him in silence for a moment and then nodded.
“Are you the Mary Halpin mentioned in the divorce case of Forbes vs. Forbes?”
“Yes.”
Williams studied the face before him, and as he did so, possibilities began to crowd thick and fast upon his mind. He determined to risk something in his next question.
“Mr. Forbes suggested that you impersonate Mrs. Forbes,” he asserted boldly.
“How do you know that?” snapped Miss Halpin.