‘Where?’
‘In the street.’
‘How close were you to him?’
‘Closer than I am to you.’
‘Indeed. I didn’t know you were so close to him as that. Did you try to stop him?’
‘Easier said than done,—he was off at such a rate.’
‘Did you see how he was dressed,—or, rather, undressed?’
‘I did.’
‘In nothing but a cloak on such a night. Who but a lunatic would have attempted burglary in such a costume?’
‘Did he take anything?’