“I am sure, Miss de Sor, you will try to help us?” Mr. Wyvil began
“With the greatest pleasure,” Francine answered.
“How long were you and Miss Emily Brown together, after Mr. Morris left you?”
“Not more than a quarter of an hour, I should think.”
“Did anything remarkable occur in the course of conversation?”
“Nothing whatever.”
Alban interfered for the first time. “Did you say anything,” he asked, “which agitated or offended Miss Brown?”
“That’s rather an extraordinary question,” Francine remarked.
“Have you no other answer to give?” Alban inquired.
“I answer—No!” she said, with a sudden outburst of anger.