Obviously startled, she drew in her feet and sat up.
“Why, I didn’t either!” she declared. “I was in my husband’s room when Susan screamed!”
Landis smiled tolerantly.
“More lies, eh? Don’t you realize how foolish you are to lie to me?” He leaned forward abruptly. “You left Allen’s room before the gong sounded. You ran along the upper hall and into Miss Mount’s room before the gong sounded. That much we know! Now, where were you when Susan screamed? Careful! We know that, too!”
“You don’t know anything of the sort! I was there when the gong sounded! I didn’t leave Fred’s room until after Susan screamed. I’ll admit I ran along the hall. But that was after she screamed. Why, you know I came down the near flight after she screamed! Do you think I hung around up there in the wing hall all that time?”
“Not in the wing hall—in Miss Mount’s room!”
“I was not in Miss Mount’s room! What on earth would I be doing there? I never even looked at her door as I passed!”
“You just can’t tell the truth, can you?”
Anita stared up at him.