“And she offered no explanation?”

“None at all.”

“Did any occur to you?”

“Only that I thought she had not heard him and was really startled.”

“You mean that you thought that at the time; but that afterward you changed your mind?”

“No, sir. I did not change my mind.”

“Do you think that she recognized in the valet a person whom she had seen and known before?”

“Yes; I think so now.”

“Why?”

“Because—well, I have no good reason, only that many times since then I have seen her look strangely at the valet when she did not know that she was observed.”