'\" said Mme. Storey coolly. \"I have talked with him. If you are suggesting that he shot her, I answer that it is impossible that he could have done so.\"
Whittall's face was a study while she was saying this. Finally he shrugged. \"In that case,\" he said sullenly, \"I know no more than the next man who did it.\"
\"What gave you reason to suspect that it was murder?\" asked Mme. Storey.
\"Oh, the general circumstances.\"
'\" said Mme. Storey coolly. \"I have talked with him. If you are suggesting that he shot her, I answer that it is impossible that he could have done so.\"
Whittall's face was a study while she was saying this. Finally he shrugged. \"In that case,\" he said sullenly, \"I know no more than the next man who did it.\"
\"What gave you reason to suspect that it was murder?\" asked Mme. Storey.
\"Oh, the general circumstances.\"
