"Shrimplin was the only person you met as you crossed the Square?"
"As far as I can remember now, I saw no one but Shrimp."
"And just where did you meet him, North?" asked Moxlow.
"On the corner, near McBride's store."
"Do you know whether he had just driven into the Square or not?"
"No, I, don't know that; it was snowing hard and I came upon him suddenly."
"You continued on your way out of town after speaking with him, North?"
"Yes."
"And later, at eleven o'clock, as you were returning to town you met a stranger, probably a countryman, you say, who told you that McBride had been murdered?"
"Yes, you have that all straight."