“Then will you tell us why Marbury went with you to the chambers in Fountain Court which you tenant under the name of Anderson?”
“Yes. To fetch a document which I had in my keeping, and had kept for him for twenty years or more.”
“A document of importance?”
“Of very great importance.”
“He would have it on him when he was—as we believe he was—murdered and robbed?”
“He had it on him when he left me.”
“Will you tell us what it was?”
“Certainly not!”
“In fact, you won’t tell us any more than you choose to tell?”
“I have told you all I can tell of the events of that night.”