“You usually went to bed later, then?”
“I did.”
“At what hour?”
“Between eleven and twelve generally.”
“Well, you went to bed at ten last night. Now, then, how did you learn that a murder had been committed?”
“It came about in this way. About two o’clock I was awakened by hearing the steps of a man in the hall outside of my room. As was natural, I lay as still as possible and listened, trying to catch what was said.”
“Did you hear anything?”
“Yes.”
“What was it?”
“I could not hear every word that was said, but what I did hear was to the effect that it was unfortunate that they had not been able to get out undetected.”