"At what time had she fallen asleep after her return from Fulham Park?"
"It must have been past four o'clock."
"Was your maid in attendance upon you when you went to bed?"
"No, I have never allowed my maid to sit up for me after a late party."
"Are you a heavy sleeper?"
"Not usually; but I was very tired that night."
Eustace Lyon noticed that she spoke of "that night," the night before last, as if it had been ages ago. The fact appealed to his imagination as a poet. He remarked afterwards that it is only poets who perceive such subtle indications.
"Did you hear nothing between six and half-past eight o'clock?"
"Nothing."
A plan of the upper floor was lying in front of the coroner, and he was studying the position of the rooms.