"Yes."
"One of the directors of the company of which the defendant was manager?"
"I believe so."
"I am sorry to have to enter upon matters so private: but there was some question, I believe, about an investment to be made of a portion of your fortune in the hands of this company?"
"Yes."
"You received a visit from Mr. Compton on the subject on the day I have mentioned."
The witness made a slight movement and pause: then answered as before, but more firmly, "Yes:" she added, "not on this subject," in a lower tone.
"You can recollect, more or less exactly, the time of his arrival?"
"Yes. It was in the evening, after dinner; in the darkening before the lamps were lit."
"Were you looking for him on that night?"