“She will answer any questions you care to ask her,” Mrs. Darling put in.
“To begin with, then, what do you know about the case?” said Nick. “Was it you who last saw Mr. Darling alive?”
“Yes, sir. I saw him leaving the house and going down back of the stable.”
“Did you notice anything unusual? Did he appear excited, or——”
“No, sir; not in the least,” put in Nancy. “I didn’t reckon anything wrong was coming off. I didn’t get wise at all until the mistress told me that most of the master’s money is missing.”
“Wise to what, Nancy?”
“That he was killed and robbed, mebbe, instead of putting out his own light.”
“Why did you suspect that?”
“Only because of two guys he has been friendly with lately. They have been here to see him, one of them quite a number of times.”
“Two men?”