“Did Lady Verner? Her ladyship had been walking on the terrace with her brother.”
“I don’t know,” said the Captain, his heart beating wildly with a burning suspicion that haunted him like a ghost.
“You were going towards the figures when you heard the pistol,” said the officer. “Did you go straight in the direction of the persons you thought you saw?”
“Not quite.”
“You put the keep and that corner of the ruin to the right between them and you?”
“Yes.”
“Thank you, Captain Hammerton. There will be an inquest to-morrow on the body. I suppose we may rely upon your attendance.”
“Certainly,” said Lionel.
“Shall we remove the body for the inquest, your lordship?”
“It is not necessary,” said the Earl.