"It is necessary that I know everything that can be told me as to what took place in the house to-night. So you will pardon a question or two, I know."
She inclined her head in answer to this; but her mouth twitched nervously, and her hands held tightly to the chair upon which she sat.
"Where were you when you learned that Dr. Morse was dead?" proceeded Ashton-Kirk.
"In my sitting-room, where I had gone to read immediately after dinner."
"WHO BROUGHT THE NEWS?"
"Who brought the news?"
"Nanon. She stood at the foot of the back stairs and called to me."
"Where is your sitting-room?"