"What did you trip over, Major?" inquired the judge advocate.
There was a perceptible pause; then came the answer, "A foot-stool."
"Could you tell whether the sound you thought you heard in the room was made by a man or a woman?" asked the judge advocate, laying down his pen.
"I could not, sir. It was too intangible to even locate."
"I have finished my direct examination, Mr. Senator. Have you any questions to ask the witness?"
Warren wrote his message and gave it to the judge advocate.
"Did you know that Captain Lloyd was asleep in the next room?"
"No, sir; I did not even know he had returned to the city," replied Goddard.
Warren handed another slip to the judge advocate, who read its contents aloud: "His hat and overcoat were found in the sitting-room later that night. You were in that room, were you not?"
"I was, Mr. Senator; but you must remember I could not see. I did not pass my hand over all the chairs or other furniture in the room; otherwise I might have found his overcoat and hat."