What was Mr.Fox asking her now?
"Miss Cumberland, are you ready to swear that you did not hear a step at that time ?" "Yes, sir." "Or see a face ?" "Yes, sir." "That you only heard a sigh ?" "A sigh, or something like one." "Which made you stop--" "No, I did not stop." "You went right on ?" "Immediately." "Entering the telephone room ?" "Yes." "The door of which you shut ?" "Yes." "Intentionally ?" "No, not intentionally." "Did you shut that door yourself ?" "I do not know.

I must have but I--" "Never mind explanations.

You do not know whether you shut it, or whether some one else shut it ?" "I do not." The words fell weightily.

They seemed to strike every heart.
"Miss Cumberland, you have said that you telephoned for the police." "I telephoned to central." "For help ?" "Yes, for help." "You were some minutes doing this, you say ?" "I have reason to think so, but I don't know definitely.

The candle seemed shorter when I went out than when I came in." "Are you sure you telephoned for help ?" "Help was what I wanted--help for my sister.