"Was it usual not to open the room when Mr. Seligmann was away?" I asked.
"On Sundays, yes. Other days it would be opened."
"It wasn't necessary for you to sit up until your master had gone?"
"No. He constantly left his motor in the side road and went out through the garden. He had a key of the door."
"Was the electric light on in the hall on Sunday morning?"
"No; but I didn't switch it off on Saturday. I left it because two of the servants were finishing some work in the kitchen—hat trimming. They were having the Sunday off. They ought to be back directly."
"You supposed the motor was waiting in the side road ready to take your master to Maidenhead," said Quarles. "Would it be in charge of a chauffeur?"
"Yes, sir."
"When your master left by the garden was it not thought advisable to see that the study window was securely fastened? I see there are shutters."
"Yes, but I have never seen them closed. The master often sat up late after we had all gone to bed, and he never shut them. I suppose he considered the high garden wall sufficient protection."