After summoning Mr.Whitney, did you call any other members of the household ?" "Mr.Whitney sent me to call Mr.Ralph Mainwaring; but I met Wilson again, and he said he had just told Mr.Mainwaring and Mr.Thornton, and was on his way to the room of young Mr.Mainwaring.

Down the hall I met the butler and told him what had happened, and we both went into the library, and I stayed there till Mr.Whitney came." "When did you last see Mr.Hugh Mainwaring ?" "Shortly after dinner last evening, between seven and eight o'clock, I should say, sir." "Where was that ?" "In the main hall down-stairs, sir.

He stopped me to say that he would not need me last evening, and that after locking up his rooms for the night I could have my time to myself." "Was the locking of his rooms usually included among your duties at night ?" "Yes, sir; his private rooms and the hall on the south side." "Did you have any stated time for doing this ?" "At nine o'clock, sir." "You locked the rooms as usual last night ?" "Yes, sir; that is, I locked them all right, but it was later than usual." "How was that ?" "About half an hour after Mr.Mainwaring spoke to me, the housekeeper came and asked me to keep the rooms open till about ten o'clock, as she was expecting callers and wanted to receive them by the south hall into her private parlor." "At what time did you lock the rooms ?" "A few minutes after ten, sir.

I felt kind of uneasy, because it was Mr.Mainwaring's orders that the rooms be shut at nine; so soon as 'twas ten o'clock I went around outside, and, seeing no light in her parlor, I went in and locked the hall and then went up-stairs to lock the rooms there." "Did you see any strangers about the place at that time ?" "No, sir." "You saw no one in any of Mr.Mainwaring's private rooms ?" "No strangers, you mean?
No, sir." "Was there any one in his rooms ?" "The housekeeper was in the library.

She had gone up-stairs that way, she said, and had found the door into the main hall locked, and hearing me come, she waited for me to open it." "Had you locked the door into the main hall ?" "No, sir; that door wasn't usually locked in the evening.