She frowned for a moment and said, “I was wearing gloves when I came to the office, but I... No, I wasn’t, either. I wasn’t wearing gloves.”
“The gun was in your purse?”
“Yes.”
“And you took it out and put it in the drawer?”
“Yes.”
“Did you handle it at all — that is, did you make any investigation to make certain it was loaded?”
“I opened the cylinder and looked at it to make certain it was loaded, yes. I always do that before I put it in the drawer.”
Sergeant Holcomb said triumphantly, “All right, Miss Trent, that proves my point. You didn’t have the gun which killed George Trent.”
Her silence showed her complete lack of conviction.
“What makes you think she didn’t?” Mason asked.