I do not remember my words." "And then you left the building ?" "After going for my little bag." "Did you see any one then ?" "No, sir." "Hear any one ?" "No, sir." "Did you see your sister again ?" "I have said that I just glanced at the couch." "Were the pillows there ?" "Yes, sir." "Just as you had left them ?" "I have said that I could not tell." "Wouldn't you know if they had been disturbed ?" "No, sir--not from the look I gave them." "Then they might have been disturbed--might even have been rearranged---without your knowing it ?" "They might." "Miss Cumberland, when you left the building, did you leave it alone ?" "I did." "Was the moon shining ?" "No, it was snowing." "Did the moon shine when you went to throw the phial out of the window ?" "Yes, very brightly." "Bright enough for you to see the links ?" "I didn't look at the links." "Where were you looking ?" "Behind me." "When you threw the phial out ?" "Yes." "What was there behind you ?" "A dead sister." Oh, the indescribable tone! "Nothing else ?" "No." "Forgive me, Miss Cumberland, I do not want to trouble you, but was there not something or some one in the adjoining room besides your dead sister, to make you look back ?" "I saw no one.

But I looked back--I do not know why." "And didn't you turn at all ?" "I do not think so." "You threw the phial out without looking ?" "Yes." "How do you know you threw it out ?" "I felt it slip from my hand." "Where ?" "Over the window ledge.

I had pulled the window open before I turned my head.

I had only to feel for the sill.

When I touched its edge, I opened my fingers." Triumph for the defence.