"Let's have it," Philip replied. "Better not take anything for granted."
"Very well. About that other morning. What were you doing down below all that time?"
"Moving furniture," Philip replied.
"Moving ... what for?"
"I'll show you that presently."
"Good.... Next, when you did come up again, what made you march straight up to Rooke in the way you did?"
"Because he had that pistol in his pocket."
"How did you know he had a pistol in his pocket?"
"Because I saw him put it there."