"I didn't notice, sir," and he prepared to close the door.
"Come now, you are not to get away like this. Listen to me a minute longer." He spoke in his old tone of command, and the man instinctively felt like obeying.
"You say they went away last night. Was it late?"
"Yes, sir—that is, I didn't notice the time."
"But late?"
"Yes, sir—that is, I should think so; but as I said——"
"They went abroad?"
"Yes, sir—that is, they didn't tell me."
"But you have some idea where they are gone?"
The man was silent.