“That is strange.”
“What is, may I ask, sir!”
“That you visited him only once.”
“That is all, sir.”
“Put your thinking-cap on, Miss Clarice, and see if you do not recall going there more than once.”
“I need not think, sir, for there can be no doubt, as such a circumstance as another visit I could not forget, as I shall never cease to remember the one call I made upon him through a sense of duty.”
“My dear Miss Clarice, I cannot but take your word for it, but you know all appertaining to the prisoner is reported to me.”
“Doubtless, sir.”
“And you are reported as having been to the cabin to visit Silk Lasso Sam on two separate days and occasions.”
“The report is wrong, sir.”