"At midnight, or about that. I--I was not well. He went with me
to my room."

"What were your relations with Mr. Vail?"

"We were old friends."

"Did you hear any sound in Mr. Vail's cabin that night?"

"None. But, as I say, I was--ill. I might not have noticed."

"Did you leave your cabin that night of August 11 or early morning
of the 12th?"

"Not that I remember."

"The steersman has testified to seeing you, without your coat, in
the chart-room, at two o'clock. Were you there?"

"I may have been--I think not."

"Why do you say you 'may have been--I think not'?"

"I was ill. The next day I was delirious. I remember almost
nothing of that time."

"Did you know the woman Karen Hansen?"

"Only as a maid in my wife's employ."