\"Nobody,\" he said. \"A slip of the tongue. I was thinking of my mother. We had been discussing whether she ought to come with me, but she didn't.\"
\"Now, come,\" said my employer with dry good-humour. \"Isn't it a fact that Mrs. Varick was out of the house altogether at that hour?\"
\"Well...yes,\" he said sullenly. \"If you know everything already why ask me? She was out. Is that important?\"
\"No,\" said Mme. Storey. \"Go on.\"
\"Nobody,\" he said. \"A slip of the tongue. I was thinking of my mother. We had been discussing whether she ought to come with me, but she didn't.\"
\"Now, come,\" said my employer with dry good-humour. \"Isn't it a fact that Mrs. Varick was out of the house altogether at that hour?\"
\"Well...yes,\" he said sullenly. \"If you know everything already why ask me? She was out. Is that important?\"
\"No,\" said Mme. Storey. \"Go on.\"
