"Yes. Certainly."

"Do you admit that you killed Roland Warren?"

Her startled eyes flashed to his. The color drained from her cheeks. Her answer was almost inaudible—

"No!"

"You did not kill him?" Carroll was impressed with the nuance of truth in her answer.

"No—I did not kill him."

"But when you got into the taxicab—isn't it a fact that he was already there?"

"Yes—he was there, Mr. Carroll. But he was already dead!"

CHAPTER XX

A CONFESSION