"Did anyone come to see your master that night?"
"No."
In this particular the man was wrong. When, a few minutes later, the two women servants returned, one of them—the housemaid—said she had answered a ring at the bell after the man servant had gone to bed. It was a young lady. She gave no name, but said that Mr. Seligmann was expecting her. This was true, for the master had had her shown in at once.
"He told me not to wait. He would show her out himself."
"What was the lady like?" I asked.
"Rather tall and well dressed. She wore a veil, so I could not see her face very clearly."
"Was she alone?" asked Quarles.
"Yes."
"Quite alone?" the professor insisted. "She didn't turn to speak to anyone as she entered the house?"
"No."