“Yes, sir.”
“Which running-board? The one nearest the house?”
“No, sir. The other one.”
“So you could see the front of the house as you were working?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Did you see anything—anything whatever—while you were at work? You must have raised your eyes occasionally.”
“I could see the window opposite me.”
“By and by, I think, Marden, the valet, came up and spoke to you?”
“Yes, sir, he did. He’d been going to the post, he said, but there had been some mistake or other and he’d come back.”
“He left you and went into the house?”