“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: