87/197 But what does--" "Only the answer, Miss Cumberland. Can you tell us how those pillows were arranged ?" "I'm afraid not. I threw them down quickly, madly, just as I collected them. I only know that I put the window cushion down first. The rest fell anyhow; but they quite covered her--quite." "Hands and face ?" "Her whole body." "And did they cover her quite when you came back ?" "They must have--Wait--wait! I know I have no right to say that, but I cannot swear that I saw any change." "Can you swear that there was no change--that the pillows and the window cushion lay just as they did when you left the room ?" She did not answer. |