“Through the dormitory yard?”
“Yes.”
“And when did you return?”
“I don’t really know the exact time, but it was after the Fire Department had reached the Hall; I could not get through the crowd to go home.”
“How, then, did Mrs. Brock get in touch with you to deliver her message to Mrs. Vincent?”
“After watching the firemen for a while, I went around the block and entered Mrs. Brock’s house just in time to prevent her going over to the Hall herself.”
“Why didn’t you want her to go?” demanded Dean Walters sharply.
“Well, she is an old lady, and it was a cold night for her to be out, and late for her to be out alone.”
“What was your ‘errand’ for Mrs. Brock, and where did it take you?”
“That I am not at liberty to disclose; it is my employer’s business,” was the decided response.