"Did you, as a near neighbor, ever observe that there were any ladies at these parties?"
"I wouldn't like to say."
"I see. Well, on this occasion, how many voices were there?"
"I don't know."
"About how many? Two? A dozen? Twenty?"
"Oh, not many at all. There was poor Mr. Ingham's voice, nearly all the time. And maybe a couple of others. I was in my bedroom, trying to sleep, and the piano was going all the time."
"I see. So there may have been two or three persons besides Mr. Ingham, and there may have been only one?"
"Yes, sir. At times I was pretty sure I heard another voice. I mean a third one, anyhow."
"Was it a man's voice or a woman's?"
"I don't know."