He had kept to the path.
In regard to the match box he was equally unsatisfactory.

He acknowledged that it was his, but could no more account for its presence in the path than the coroner himself.
"When do you remember having seen it last ?" the coroner inquired.
Radnor pondered.

"I remember lending it to Mrs.Mathers when she was building a fire in the woods to make the coffee; after that I don't remember anything about it." "How do you account for its presence at the scene of the murder ?" "I can only conjecture that it must have dropped from my pocket without my noticing it on my way out of the cave." The coroner observed that it was an unfortunate coincidence that he had dropped it in just that particular spot.
This effectually stopped Radnor's testimony.

Not another word could be elicited from him on the subject, and he was finally dismissed and Mrs.
Mathers called to the stand.
She remembered borrowing the match box, but then someone had called her away and she could not remember what she had done with it.

She thought she must have returned it because she always did return things, but she was not at all sure.