"She might have driven around, then, for fifteen minutes and returned by the Southern depot just in time to meet you?"
"She might have done so."
"And inform you of Hodgkins' detention?"
"She might have done so, but whether you believe me or not, I never saw my mother until she came home that evening."
"Or any messenger from her?"
"Or any messenger."
"Did you set the fire?"
"No, sir."
"Did Floyd set it?"
"I refuse to believe that he did."