“No more than I have told you,” said Mrs. Darling. “My husband referred to them only as friends, and he appeared to think well of them.”
“Do you know where they live?”
“I do not.”
“Both were here, you say, a few days before he died.”
“The day before, Mr. Carter, and both attended his funeral.”
“Did they say why they wanted to see him on the day preceding his death?”
“They did not. I inferred from their remarks, however, that it was only a friendly call.”
“Are they men of his own age?”
“I would say that Mr. Sheldon is nearly as old. He appears to be in the forties. Mr. Floyd, however, is not over thirty.[Pg 9]”
“Are they prepossessing men?”