"See anybody about on that occasion?"
"No—no one."
Meeking paused, and after a glance round the table at which he was standing looked at his notes.
"Now, Mrs. Mallett," he said presently, "what time was this—I mean, when you left Dr. Wellesley's?"
"A little before a quarter to eight. The clock struck a quarter to eight just after I got into my own house."
"And—where is your house?"
"Next door to the Moot Hall. Dr. Wellesley's house is on one side of the Moot Hall; ours is on the other."
"It would take you a very short time, then, to go home?"
"A minute or two."
"Very well. And you went to Dr. Wellesley's at 7.30?"