“‘You need not answer any question, Mr. Bowles, that would tend to criminate you,’ said Mr. Quillet.
“‘Oh, I am perfectly willing to answer all questions.’
“‘Very good, then I will repeat the question. Are you not the keeper of a gambling house in this city?’
“‘No, I am not; but I keep a suite of rooms where my friends frequently assemble to engage in a harmless game of cards, merely for amusement.’
“‘Do you run a faro bank, and a roulette table at those rooms?’
“‘I am not a faro dealer myself, though such a machine is sometimes operated there.’
“‘Now, Mr. Bowles, do you swear that Miss Viola Bramlett ever was inside of your apartments?’
“‘Yes, certainly I do.’
“‘Did anybody else ever see her in your quarters, besides you?’
“‘I don’t think they ever did.’