Inspector: "I believe you were at home last Thursday, weren't you?"

Miss S.: "Yes, I arrived at about eight o'clock in the evening."

Inspector: "Can you remember anything about what you and the Suttons did that evening?"

Miss S.: "Nothing much, Inspector. We all went to bed early - at about ten. I was rather tired after the journey."

Inspector: "And are you quite sure that Dr. Sutton didn't leave the house after you'd gone to bed?"

Miss S.: "Oh, yes. They didn't go out. My bedroom is next to theirs, and I can remember, when I was reading in bed, I could hear them talking together in the next room. They were talking rather loudly, as a matter of fact, and I couldn't sleep. Not that I could catch exactly what they were saying, but it was most disturbing. It wasn't until after eleven that they stopped."

Inspector: "Are you certain that the voices you heard were the Suttons'?"

Miss S.: "But of course, Inspector! Who else could it have been? There was nobody else in the house. Really, your questions are rather strange!"

Inspector: "And you didn't hear anyone leaving the house?"

Miss S.: "Well, I thought I heard a car starting outside the house; it must have been at about half past ten. But I suppose I was wrong. It couldn't have been a car."
 

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