"I was talking with her at the President's levee on March 2nd, and spoke of Major Goddard. She asked me if Captain Lloyd had returned to town with him, and I replied in the negative."
"Was that the last time you saw Mrs. Bennett?"
"No. I saw her on the afternoon of the 6th of March going in to Mrs. Lane's. My housekeeper, Martha," he added, before the judge advocate could speak, "told me, when I entered my office a few seconds later, that Mrs. Bennett had just left, having waited for me in the front office for some time."
"Is the communicating door between the office and your consulting room kept locked when you are absent?"
"No, never."
"Then a patient could enter your consulting room without disturbing your housekeeper?"
"Yes."
"Did you see Mrs. Bennett waiting on Mrs. Lane's doorstep?"
"No, she was just turning the front doorknob and entering when I passed the house."
"Did she see you?"