clerk could remember that night amongst the others.\"
\"Where did you dine?\"
\"At the hotel.\"
\"Alone?\"
\"Yes.\"
\"Do you always occupy the same seat?\"
\"Yes.\"
\"With the same people more or less at the surrounding tables?\"
He saw where these apparently innocent questions were tending, and turned scared and stubborn. \"I won't answer!\" he cried shrilly. \"I won't answer any more. If you're trying to pin this thing on me I don't have to answer!\"
clerk could remember that night amongst the others.\"
\"Where did you dine?\"
\"At the hotel.\"
\"Alone?\"
\"Yes.\"
\"Do you always occupy the same seat?\"
\"Yes.\"
\"With the same people more or less at the surrounding tables?\"
He saw where these apparently innocent questions were tending, and turned scared and stubborn. \"I won't answer!\" he cried shrilly. \"I won't answer any more. If you're trying to pin this thing on me I don't have to answer!\"
