"It was you who let Miss Benbow in, wasn't it?"
"Yes," she murmured, hardly above a breath. Her eyes fell, and the color came and went in her face.
"Did you leave the house at all after letting her in?"
"No," she said quickly, lifting her eyes. I was sure she spoke the truth that time.
"Then can you tell me when Mr. Benbow came in?"
"No, sir. I--I don't know."
"Could he get in without your knowing?"
"He has a latch-key to the side door,--the library door," said Mr. Ellison. "He uses the library for his study."
"Then you wouldn't know whether he came in at all last night?" I said to Minnie.
"Oh, yes, he came in," she said quickly.