"At his Fraternity House. They had a supper for him. He is a senior at Vandeventer College."
"I see. You were out for dinner, too, last night, were you not?"
He looked up sharply, surprised, almost suspicious. "How do you know that?"
"I understood that no one was at home."
"Well, you are right, though I don't remember telling you. I had dinner at the club to meet a distinguished professor of psychology who is here. It is a subject in which I am interested."
"May I ask who compose your household?"
"Me, first. Then Gene. Then Mrs. Crosswell, the housekeeper, and Minnie, the houseworker. There's a yardman and a laundress, but they don't live in the house."
"Were both the women away last night?"
"No, Minnie was at home. Mrs. Crosswell has been away for a few days."
"Miss Benbow arrived last night."