"Did you help him undress?"
"No, as he assured me, with drunken gravity, that he could manage it himself."
"Did you inform your wife and daughter that Mr. Spencer was spending the night in your house?"
"No. My wife was downstairs entertaining her guests, and my daughter was asleep in her room. I did not see either of them until the next morning."
"Where did you go after leaving Mr. Spencer in his bedroom?"
"To my studio in the attic. I remained there all night absorbed in my work."
"Did you hear any unusual sounds during the night?"
"No; my studio, or workshop, is sound-proof. And it is the same throughout the house," he added. "The walls, besides being of unusual width, were all deadened by my grandfather's direction. He had a horror of noise."
"When did you leave your studio?"
"About seven o'clock Wednesday morning."