"One moment, Mr. Halliday. At what time during this morning did Sir Arthur give this cheque to your wife?"
"That I can't tell you. It was when he and she were over at his keeper's cottage, inspecting a litter of puppies. Somewhere between eleven and twelve."
"They returned to the house shortly before ten to twelve, I understand. At what time did your wife confide what had happened to you?"
"Immediately, of course. She thought it was the best thing she could do — quite rightly."
"Where were you when this confidence took place Mr. Halliday?"
"Upstairs. My wife came up to take her hat off."
"You were in the bedroom, in fact?"
"Well, no, not when she first came in. I joined her then.- oh, a couple of minutes later!"
"How long did you remain there with your wife?"
"Well, I don't really know. Not more than a few minutes. I realised that the only thing for me to do was to see Sir Arthur myself, and I went down at once, to get it over."