“Only as a maid in my wife’s employ.”
“Did you hear the crash when Leslie broke down the door of the storeroom?”
“No. I was in a sort of stupor.”
“Did you know the prisoner before you employed him on the Ella?”
“Yes; he had been in our employ several times.”
“What was his reputation—I mean, as a ship’s officer?”
“Good.”
“Do you recall the night of the 31st of July?”
“Quite well.”
“Please tell what you know about it.”