"No, I think not. Her back was turned to me."
"Is your usual office hour at that time in the afternoon?"
"No."
"Then Mrs. Bennett knew that you were likely to be out at that hour?"
"Yes; she told my housekeeper that she had a bad attack of neuralgia, and had called on the chance of finding me in."
"Where have you been during the past month, Doctor?"
"I left Washington that very afternoon on my way to Richmond."
"Just a moment," interposed Warren, and handed another slip to the judge advocate, who read the question aloud. "Did Mrs. Bennett know you expected to leave town?"
"She did. I told Mrs. Arnold in her presence that I expected to go away at any moment, and did not know exactly when I would return."
"Continue your statement," directed Warren.