Part 16 (1/2)
”Not at all. The water was very high. I lay down, dressed, at one o'clock, and dropped into a doze.”
”How long did you sleep?”
”An hour or so. Mr. Reynolds, a boarder, roused me to say he had heard some one rowing a boat in the lower hall.”
”Do you keep a boat around during flood times?”
”Yes, sir.”
”What did you do when Mr. Reynolds roused you?”
”I went to the top of the stairs. My boat was gone.”
”Was the boat secured?”
”Yes, sir. Anyhow, there was no current in the hall.”
”What did you do then?”
”I waited a time and went back to my room.”
”What examination of the house did you make--if any?”
”Mr. Reynolds looked around.”
”What did he find?”
”He found Peter, the Ladleys' dog, shut in a room on the third floor.”
”Was there anything unusual about that?”
”I had never known it to happen before.”
”State what happened later.”
”I did not go to sleep again. At a quarter after four, I heard the boat come back. I took a candle and went to the stairs. It was Mr.
Ladley. He said he had been out getting medicine for his wife.”
”Did you see him tie up the boat?”
”Yes.”
”Did you observe any stains on the rope?”
”I did not notice any.”
”What was the prisoner's manner at that time?”
”I thought he was surly.”