"
Invited to cross-examine the witness, Captain Tremayne again
declined, admitting freely that all that Sir Terence had said was
strictly true. Then Carruthers, who appeared to be intent to act as
the prisoner's friend, took up the examination of his chief.
"It is of course admitted that Captain Tremayne enjoyed free access
to Monsanto practically at all hours in his capacity as your military
secretary, Sir Terence?"
"Admitted," said Sir Terence.
"And it is therefore possible that he might have come upon the body
of the deceased just as Mullins came upon it?"
"It is possible, certainly. The evidence to come will no doubt
determine whether it is a tenable opinion."
"Admitting this, then, the attitude in which Captain Tremayne was
discovered would be a perfectly natural one? It would be natural
that he should investigate the identity and hurt of the man he found
there?"
" Certainly."
"But it would hardly be natural that he should linger by the body
of a man he had himself slain, thereby incurring the risk of being
discovered?"
"That is a question for the court rather than for me."
"Thank you, Sir Terence." And, as no one else desired to question
him, Sir Terence resumed his seat, and Lady O'Moy was called.
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