"Helen!" North said, in a curious voice. "Helen, my dear!"
"What were your movements on the night of the 17th, Mr. North?"
"Does it matter? I killed Fletcher. That's all you want to know, isn't it?"
"No!" panted Helen. "He's only saying it to save me! You can see for yourself he is! Don't listen to him!"
Hannasyde said: "It is by no means all I want to know, Mr. North. At what hour did you arrive at Greystones?" "I can't tell you. I didn't consult my watch."
"Will you tell me just what you did?"
"I walked up the path to the study, entered it, told Fletcher why I had come -'
"Why had you come, Mr. North?"
"That I do not propose to tell you. I then killed Fletcher."
"With what?"