"I'm getting over my temper," replied North. "Fire away with your questions!"
The prosecuting attorney glanced at his fellow official.
"You are already acquainted with the particulars of the shocking tragedy that has occurred here?" said Taylor with ponderous dignity.
"Yes," said North soberly. "And when I think of it, I am more than willing to help you in your search for the guilty man."
"You knew of the murder before you left town?" remarked Moxlow casually.
"Yes."
"But you weren't on the Square or in the store Thanksgiving night?" said Moxlow.
"No, I dined with General Herbert." The prosecuting attorney elevated his eyebrows. "I must have been on my way there when the crime was discovered; I was returning home perhaps a little after eleven when I met a man who stopped me to tell me of the murder—"
"You were with Mr. McBride Thanksgiving afternoon, were you not?" Moxlow now asked.
"Yes."