“None—I believe.”
“How long have you known her?”
“About six months since she came here.”
“What do you know about the way she died?”
“Nothing, except what I saw as I entered the office just before you came.”
“Tell us what that was—what you saw.”
“The body was lying there just as it is now. Mr. Redway was near by on the side next to the window. When I entered, his body was in a bent position, and one hand was extended toward the pistol on the floor.”
“About to pick it up?[{15}]”
“Either that, or had just laid it down.”
Nick came to a dead halt in his queries at this answer, and sat for thirty seconds looking Gay straight in the face. The latter became plainly uncomfortable under the detective’s glance.