There was a further pause, during which Meeking and the Coroner exchanged glances. Then Meeking suddenly turned again to the witness-box.
"Was your caller a man or a woman?" he asked.
"That I shan't say!" answered Wellesley steadily.
"Who admitted him—or her?"
"I did."
"How—by what door of your house?"
"By the side-door in Piper's Passage."
"Did any of your servants see the caller?"
"No."