“And—how long did he stay with you at the Dower House?”
Mrs. Tretheroe hesitated—obviously, not from uncertainty.
“The question is a highly important one,” said the Coroner.
“Well, he stayed until a quarter to twelve,” answered Mrs. Tretheroe.
“Then he was with you about an hour?”
“About an hour—yes.”
“Alone—all the time?”
“Yes.”
“Did any of your guests—or any of your servants—see him, coming or going?”
“No one saw him. He and I entered the house by a side door, of which I have the key always in my possession. We went straight up to my boudoir. I let him out of the house in the same way. No—nobody saw him.”