"From the very first?"
"From the very first."
"She told you so?"
"Yes, sir."
"At the time she left the Newtons—you have heard all the testimony here in regard to that—did you induce or seek to induce her in any way, by any trick or agreement, to leave there?"
"No, sir, I didn't. She wanted to leave there of her own accord. She wanted me to help her find a place."
"She wanted you to help her find a place?"
"Yes, sir."
"And just why?"
"Because she didn't know the city very well and she thought maybe I could tell her where there was a nice room she could get—one that she could afford."