“Was that all she told you?”

“Yes.”

Carter thought for some time before he asked another question. He reviewed all that Dora had told him. He had gained some important information, but not as much as he had expected. However, he was firmly convinced that Dora had told him the truth, and that she had concealed nothing.

“Miss Ferris,” he said, after a time, “where was Dick Darwin on New Year’s Eve?”

“I don’t know where he was. He was with Rich. That I do know.”

“How do you know?”

“I saw them together, going down Sixth Avenue, about nine o’clock at night. They did not see me.”

“What time did you next see him?”

“At two o’clock in the morning.”

“Where?”