"Do you think it was before half past twelve, or after?"
"I really couldn't — oh, wait a minute, though! Mrs. Chudleigh got up to go quite soon after I joined the party and I think she said it was then half past twelve, so I must have come out on to the terrace at about twenty-five minutes past, more or less."
"You did not leave the terrace again, until one o'clock?"
"No, not until Guest and I went to the study."
"Did anyone else leave the terrace?"
"Yes, Guest did."
"Do you .remember when that was?"
"It was just about the same time that Mrs. Chudleigh left, a moment or two before, I think. I'd only just sat down when he began to feel in his pockets for his pouch. I offered him mine, but he said he preferred to go and get his own tobacco."
"How long, in your opinion, was he away?"
"Oh, some little time. Quite a quarter of an hour, I should say."