“John!”
“Sir?”
“Is anybody near the telephone? Can anybody hear you speaking?”
“One moment, sir.”
Stapleton heard a door being quietly closed.
“Nobody can hear me now, sir.”
“Then tell me—don’t speak loud—did Mrs. Robertson take anything, I mean drink or eat anything, after I had gone out just now?”
There was a brief pause, then:
“Yes, sir, she drank a glass of champagne at the sideboard.”
“Was anybody with her? Or near her? Did anybody ask her if she would have a glass of wine?”