“Why didn’t he give it back to you when he saw you later in the evening?”
“Saw me later in the evening! He didn’t see me later in the evening.”
“But you were at Liskeard House on Tuesday evening.”
“Look here, young man. I don’t know what you’re driving at. I tell you I did not see Prinsep except in the afternoon.”
“But you were at Liskeard House in the evening.”
“I tell you I was not. Yes, by Jove, though, I was—in a sense. I went to the door and asked for Sir Vernon, but he was not at home.”
“When was that?”
“About ten o’clock, I suppose.”
“And you did not go into the house then?”
“No, only into the outer hall.”