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Rh "I do. I am prepared to answer any questions which you may put to me."

"That is more promising. I assure you that I have no desire to do or say anything to hurt your feelings. I believe I know what they are, and I respect them. But I must do my duty and you must do yours; and I do not think that you will hurt any one by doing it."

"Don't lecture me, man."

"Now, tell me; did any one come through your bedroom window after you had retired to rest?"

"No one." "That you swear."

"Miss Bessie Moore did not come through your window?"

"Certainly not. How dare you drag in that lady's name?"

"Was she in your rooms at all that night?"

"She was not."

"Did you go up, between one and two in the morning, to tell the housekeeper that she had come through your window?"

"I did not."

"Did the housekeeper come down and find her in your room?"

"She did not."

"Did Miss Bessie Moore spend the night in the housekeeper's apartments?"