Here the examination-in-chief ended, and Mr. Loram sat down with an audible sigh of relief. Miss Dobbs was about to step down from the witness-box when Mr. Heath rose to cross-examine.
"Did you see Mr. Bellingham in a good light?" he asked.
"Pretty good. It was dark outside, but the hall-lamp was alight."
"Kindly look at this"—here a small object was passed across to the witness. "It is a trinket that Mr. Bellingham is stated to have carried suspended from his watch-guard. Can you remember if he was wearing it in that manner when he came to the house?"
"No, he was not."
"You are sure of that?"
"Quite sure."
"Thank you. And now I want to ask you about the search that you have mentioned. You say that you went all over the house. Did you go into the study?"
"No—at least, not until Mr. Hurst had gone to London."
"When you did go in, was the window fastened?"