“What time did you come down to the kitchen tonight?”

“About six, sir, to help Cook.”

“See anyone about on the way downstairs?”

“No, sir.”

“All right. Now from six o’clock until you took in the cocktails, tell us everybody you saw and where they were.”

Susan looked from one detective to the other.

“Oh, I don’t want to get anybody into trouble!” she wailed.

“Why should you?” inquired Landis. “You didn’t see anything suspicious, did you?”

“Oh, no, sir! Of course I didn’t!”

“All right. Just tell us who you saw.”