Bernard smiled slightly and waited.
“I believe it was,” Allen laughed.
“If you heard the scream, why were you so much later than the others to investigate it, Mr. Allen?”
“Why, I suppose I lack curiosity!”
“You were dressed at the time, then?”
Allen hesitated perceptibly.
“Nearly so,” he answered at last. “I don’t remember exactly.”
“If you were nearly dressed and you lack all curiosity,” purred Bernard, “why did you investigate the scream at all—so much later than the others, Mr. Allen?”
Again Allen laughed.
“I believe I was hungry!”