"Where?"
"In this chamber."
"Not since?"
"Yes, but not living."
"Dead, sayest thou?"
"This morning in the Morgue."
"Not previously?"
"I have not. But pray to what purport this examination?"
"This will appear presently. When taken out of the river, marks were found upon the throat, as though from strangulation. Knowest thou aught of these?"
"I do not," said the accused indignantly.