He said that you were angry with Mrs.Capella, for no earthly reason that he could make out.

He further informed me that she had followed you when you left the room, and had not returned, being presumably in her own apartment." "Anything further ?" "Mr.Hume asked Miss Layton to go and see if Mrs.Capella had retired for the night.

Miss Layton came back, looking rather scared, with the information that Mrs.Capella had dressed and gone out.

After a little further talk we came to the conclusion that you were both together.

Was that so ?" Brett had commenced his cross-examination with the intention of humorously proving to Winter that he (the detective) would suspect the wrong person of committing the imagined murder.