“Nothing, sir.”
“And how long was he away from you?”
“Nearer an hour than three-quarters, sir.”
“Were you in full view of the entrance all that time?”
“No, sir, I wasn’t. Some of the time I was—some of it I’d my back to it.”
“You never saw any one enter the archway during the time Mr. Herapath was in the office?”
“No, sir.”
“All the same, some one could have come here during that time without your seeing him?”
“Oh, yes, sir!”
“Well, at last Mr. Herapath came out. Where did he rejoin you?”