"I was in my room."
"The whole time?"
"Yes, from dinner until Mrs. Poor returned."
"Why didn't you go to the pageant?"
"Those affairs bore me."
"Had you not intended to go?"
"No."
"Where was Mrs. Batten during the evening?"
"I don't know. In her room, I assume."
"In what part of the house was that?"
"Her sitting-room was downstairs in the kitchen wing."
"An old woman. Wasn't she timid about being all alone in that part of the house?"
"I don't know. It did not occur to me."
"You didn't see her at all during the evening?"
"No."
"Where was Mr. Poor?"
"In the library, I understood."
"All the time?"
"I'm sure I couldn't say."
"Did you see him or have speech with him during the evening?"
"No."
"There was nobody in the house but you three?"
"Nobody."
"You're sure of that?"
