The burglar--as she reasonably took him to be--was running down the path when she first caught sight of him, and after the first shot had been fired.

It was the second shot, which came from the shrubbery--marked on the plan placed before the Coroner and jury--which had laid the fugitive low.

Also various guests and servants stated that they had arrived in the passage in answer to Lord Garvington's outcries, to find that he had closed the door pending their coming.

Some had even heard the second shot while descending the stairs.

It was proved, therefore, in a very positive manner, that the master of the house had not murdered the supposed robber.
"I never intended to kill him," declared Garvington when his evidence was taken.