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"You say that Mr Bellingha all the ti?"

"I was in the kitchen I could see the front gate from the kitchen "

"You say that you laid the table for two Where did you lay it?"

"In the dining-roo-room?"

"No, but I could see the study door The study is opposite the dining-rooet fro-room?"

"Yes, of course you do!"

"Then ha up the stairs?"

"No, he couldn't have done"

"Why not?"

"Because it would have been impossible"

"But ould it have been iest that Mr Bellingham left the house quietly while you were on the stairs?"

"No, he didn't"

"How do you know he did not?"

"I am quite sure he didn't"

"What makes you feel sure he did not?"

"I am quite certain he didn't"

"But how can you be certain?"