“But I am suspected?”
“The law will undoubtedly look to you to make a satisfactory explanation of your knowledge of the crime, or your ignorance of it.”
“Well, suppose you ask me your questions.”
“You will answer?”
“Some of them, perhaps. As a lawyer, I may choose to remain silent on some points—for the present, at least.”
“Then I’ll begin at the beginning. Mr. Redway, did you kill that girl?”
The answer came without hesitation, and accompanied by the faintest touch of a smile.
“I certainly did not.”
“Do you know who did?”
The answer to this question was not given so spontaneously, and the smile gave way just an instant to the shadow of a frown. After only a moment of hesitation, Redway replied: