"And did you tell her about the room she took at the Gilpins'?"
"No, sir, I didn't. I never told her about any room. She found it herself." (This was the exact answer he had memorized.)
"But why didn't you help her?"
"Because I was busy, days and most evenings. And besides I thought she knew better what she wanted than I did—the kind of people and all."
"Did you personally ever see the Gilpin place before she went there?"
"No, sir."
"Ever have any discussion with her before she moved there as to the kind of a room she was to take—its position as regards to entrance, exit, privacy, or anything of that sort?"
"No, sir, I never did."
"Never insisted, for instance, that she take a certain type of room which you could slip in and out of at night or by day without being seen?"
"I never did. Besides, no one could very well slip in or out of that house without being seen."