"You heard no sound in the night--no revolver shot?"

"No, sir. But my room is on the third floor, and at the other
end of the house, sir. I couldn't hear a shot fired in the
office, I'm sure, sir."

"And you found no weapon of any sort in the office this morning?"

"No, sir; Louis and I both looked for that, but there was none in
the room. Of that I'm sure, sir."

"That will do, Lambert."

"Yes, sir; thank you, sir."

"One moment," said I, wishing to know the exact condition of the
house at midnight. "You say, Lambert, you closed up the front of
the house. Does that mean there was a back door open?"

"It means I locked the front door, sir, and put the chain on.
The library door opening on to the veranda I did not lock, for,
as I said, Mr. Crawford always locks that and the windows in
there when he is there late. The back door I left on the night
latch, as Louis was spending the evening out."

"Oh, Louis was spending the evening out, was he?" exclaimed Mr.
Orville. "I think that should be looked into, Mr. Coroner.
Louis said nothing of this in his testimony."