“Where did you go when you left England?”
“I decline to answer.”
“You have been the prisoner’s guest at Elveham, have you not?”
“Yes.”
“And what were these suspicious circumstances of which you spoke just now?”
“There were several. Late one night, about three weeks ago, I had occasion to enter the library. The door was ajar, and as I pushed it open I saw the accused in the act of impressing a seal, similar to the ones produced. I drew back unnoticed.”
It was untrue! He had seen me sealing the envelope containing a lease, and believed I was using the fatal emblem!
I waited breathlessly for the next question.
“Is it a fact that on the night previous to his departure from Elveham, some unpleasant incident occurred?”
“I know nothing of it. I have heard that the prisoner had some little difference with his wife.”