“By Miss Langdon, God rest her soul!”
“Did she say why she wanted you to wait?”
“She said she would be busy till that time.”
Nick’s mind instantly reverted to the type-written message which had summoned him to the place of the tragedy.
“Besides sir,” continued the janitor, “Mr. Redway did not leave at five o’clock as usual.”
“How do you know that?[{30}]”
“I saw him go downstairs five minutes after the elevator stopped, and it stopped at five o’clock.”
“This is important information. Did you see him come up again?”
“No, sir; but somebody came up about five minutes after he went down, for I heard the man’s steps. I was busy in an office two floors below, however, and didn’t look out to see who it was.”
“Were there any other persons in the building at that time?”