“Yes!”
“Is she an...?”
The girl’s whisper was almost inaudible....
“I ... I ... think ... so....”
Higgins’ voice became stern.
“Then how do you know she’s not ... the murderer?”
The girl shot back instantly:
“Because she ... didn’t come until I notified her ... the night ... the nurse ... went out!”
“Maybe you didn’t see her.”
Her words came in gasps: