"I quite agree with you, my friend—it was a pretty rotten impression to create; but I shall see that all doubt is removed from the mind of the public when this afternoon's papers appear. I have just learned that your sister has an ironclad alibi."
"You have already learned that?"
"Yes."
Gresham leaned forward eagerly.
"What makes you sure—that she did not—was not—"
"Suppose I question you—if you have no objections."
"Fire away."
"Where was your sister at midnight last night?"
"At home."
"Alone? I mean was any one besides your family there?"