“Has the gentleman whom you drove from the station gone into that house?” he asked.
“Yes, sir.”
“Did you hear him inquire for anybody when the door was opened?”
“He asked for a lady, sir. Mrs.—” The man hesitated. “It wasn’t a common name, sir; I should know it again if I heard it.”
“Was it ‘Midwinter’?”
“No, sir.
“Armadale?”
“That’s it, sir. Mrs. Armadale.”
“Are you sure it was ‘Mrs.’ and not ‘Mr.’?”
“I’m as sure as a man can be who hasn’t taken any particular notice, sir.”