"And when you arrived, what happened? Did you meet anybody on the way?"
"I passed people of whom I took no notice on the way here, of course. The only person I took notice of was Jean Baptiste."
"Where did you meet him?"
"Coming out of the house upon my arrival."
"You met him coming out of the house upon your arrival?"
"Well, out of the yard. I saw him come down the steps that leads up to the house."
"But you didn't see him come out of the house?"
"Well, no, I didn't see that."
"Did you exchange any words with him when you met him? Did you stop and talk?"
"No. But I heard him mutter something."