"Oh, certainly."
"You were engaged to be married to Mr. Ingham, Miss Hope?"
"Yes."
"When did this engagement take place?"
"About a year ago."
"And your understanding with him remained unimpaired up to his death?"
"Yes."
"When did you last see him alive?"
"On the day before he—died. He drove to our house from the ship."
"Ah! Very natural, very natural and proper. But surely you dined together? Or met again during the next twenty-four hours?"