\"Did you not look there afterwards—next day perhaps?\"
The girl hung her head. \"Y-yes, Madame.\"
\"And found some scraps of burned paper?\"
\"Yes, Madame.\" This very low. \"I swept them up.\"
Once more, to my surprise, Mme. Storey dropped this line of questioning for the moment. \"What did Mrs. Whittall say to you?\" she asked.
\"She said her afternoon dress was too hot, Madame, and she wanted to change. So I started to get a négligée from the wardrobes,
\"Did you not look there afterwards—next day perhaps?\"
The girl hung her head. \"Y-yes, Madame.\"
\"And found some scraps of burned paper?\"
\"Yes, Madame.\" This very low. \"I swept them up.\"
Once more, to my surprise, Mme. Storey dropped this line of questioning for the moment. \"What did Mrs. Whittall say to you?\" she asked.
\"She said her afternoon dress was too hot, Madame, and she wanted to change. So I started to get a négligée from the wardrobes,
