I have pleaded not guilty to the material action of drawing that cord around the worthless neck of the man whom you knew as Morris Barnes.

I plead guilty to knowing why he was murdered, even if I do not know the actual person who committed the deed, and I admit that I was in his rooms for the purpose of robbery.

That is all I can tell you." He drew a little nearer to her.
"Enough! Do you know what it is that you have said?
What are you?
Who are you ?" She shrugged her shoulders.

Somehow, from her side at least, the tragical note which had trembled throughout their interview had passed away.

She helped herself to soda water from a siphon on the sideboard.
"You appear, somewhat to my surprise," she remarked, "to know that.