“Did you accompany her home?”
“No, only a little way.”
“How far?”
“To the gate.”
“What! not into the lane even?”
“No.”
“How long was she absent?” asked Pooke.
“Long enough for me to draw up a document,” said Pepperill. “What should you say, Zerah? Half an hour?”
Zerah was in no condition to answer.
“And why did you not go on with Jane Redmore?” asked the constable of Kitty.