At that moment I was spoken to by my gamekeeper, who detained me a moment, to ask me to accompany him on an urgent tour of inspection in a part of the woods which I had decided to thin.

I put this off until the next day, and begged him, as he was going by the chateau, to tell the steward that we should dine in the laboratory.
He left me, to execute the errand and I rejoined my daughter, who was already at work.
"Q.

At what hour, mademoiselle, did you go to your chamber while your father continued to work there?
"A.

At midnight.
"Q.

Did Daddy Jacques enter The Yellow Room in the course of the evening?
"A.