Q. “Were you present when the revolver was found?”
A. “No, sir.”
Q. “Did you see Judson Clark again?”
A. “No, sir. From what I gather he went straight to the corral and got his horse.”
Q. “You entered the room as Mrs. Lucas came in the door?”
A. “Well, she's wrong about that. She was there a little ahead of me. She'd reached the body before I got in. She was stooping over it.”
Bassett looked up from his reading.
“I want you to get this, Livingstone,” he said. “How did she reach the billiard room? Where was it in the house?”
“Off the end of the living-room.”
“A large living-room?”