XII: AN INTERVIEW WITH MILLY
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WHEN Mr. Hunt came back that evening he found me with Mr. Maxwell in the study.
Although I did not wish to pain the old gentleman with more details than were necessary, yet I wanted him to know as nearly as possible how matters stood; and, too, I wanted the benefit of his sound judgment and good advice.
“Come in, Mr. Hunt, come in,” I said to the detective. “Let us three sum up the real evidence we have and see what may be best to do next.”
I closed the doors in order that we might feel more free to speak in tones which Mr. Maxwell could hear easily, and then I left it to Mr. Hunt to open the conversation.
“First,” said the detective, “I would like to know Mr. Maxwell’s opinion of Miss Leslie’s testimony.”
“I have just been reading the stenograph
