After the body of Count Samoval had been removed from the courtyard, did Mullins, my butler, come to you ?" "Yes, Sir Terence." "What was his message?
Please tell the court." "He brought me a letter with instructions that it was to be forwarded first thing in the morning to the Commissary-General's office." "Did he make any statement beyond that when he delivered that letter ?" The sergeant pondered a moment.

"Only that he had been bringing it when he found Count Samoval's body." "That is all I wish to ask, Sir Harry," O'Moy intimated, and looked round at his fellow-members of that court as if to inquire whether they had drawn any inference from the sergeant's statements.
"Have you any questions to ask the witness, Captain Tremayne ?" the president inquired.
"None, sir," replied the prisoner.
Came Private Bates next, and Sir Terence proceeded to question him..
"You said in your evidence that Captain Tremayne arrived at Monsanto between half-past eleven and twenty minutes to twelve ?" "Yes, sir." "You told us, I think, that you determined this by the fact that you came on duty at eleven o'clock, and that it would be half-an-hour or a little more after that when Captain Tremayne arrived ?" "Yes, sir." "That is quite in agreement with the evidence of your sergeant.

Now tell the court where you were during the half-hour that followed--until you heard the guard being turned out by the sergeant." "Pacing in front of quarters, sir." "Did you notice the windows of the building at all during that time ?" "I can't say that I did, sir." "Why not ?" "Why not ?" echoed the private.
"Yes--why not?
Don't repeat my words.

How did it happen that you didn't notice the windows ?" "Because they were in darkness, sir." O'Moy's eyes gleamed.

"All of them ?" "Certainly, sir, all of them." "You are quite certain of that ?" "Oh, quite certain, sir.