"Upon opening the door," Ruth said, in a calmer and more steady voice than was expected from her appearance, "I saw that the window was open and the blind up. I was surprised at this, for Miss Carne did not sleep with her window open in winter, and the blind was always down. I walked straight to the washstand and placed the can of hot water there; then I turned round to wake Miss Carne, and I saw her lying there with a great patch of blood on her nightdress, and I knew by her face that she was dead. Then I fainted. I do not know how long I lay there. When I came to myself I got up and went to the door, and went downstairs to the kitchen and gave the alarm." "You did not notice that any of Miss Carne's things had been taken from the table?" the coroner asked. "No, sir." "Were there any signs of a struggle having taken place?" "No, sir, I did not see any. Miss Carne lay as if she was sleeping quietly. She was lying on her side." "The bedclothes were not disarranged?" "No, sir, except that the clothes were turned down a short distance." "You were greatly attached to your mistress, Miss Powlett?" "Yes, sir." "She was generally liked--was she not?" "Yes, sir. Every one who knew Miss Carne was fond of her." "Have any of you any further questions to ask?" the coroner asked the jury. There was no reply. "Thank you, Miss Powlett. I will not trouble you further at present." The cook then gave her testimony, and Dr. Arrowsmith was next called. He testified to the effect that upon his arrival he found that the room had not been disturbed in any way; no one had entered it with the exception, as he understood, of Miss Carne's maid, the cook, and Mr. Carne. The door was locked. When he went in, he found the deceased was dead, and it was his opinion, from the coldness and rigidity of the body, that she must have been dead seven or eight hours. It was just nine o'clock when he arrived. He should think, therefore, that death had taken place between one and half-past two in the morning. Death had been caused by a stab given either with a knife or dagger. The blow was exactly over the heart, and extended down into the substance of the heart itself. Death must have been absolutely instantaneous. Deceased lay in a natural position, as if asleep. The clothes had been turned down about a foot, just low enough to uncover the region of the heart. After making an examination of the body, he examined the room with the constable, and found that a jewel-box on the table was open and its contents gone. The watch and chain of the deceased had also disappeared. He looked out of the window, and saw that it could be entered by an active man by climbing up a thick stem of ivy that grew close by. He observed several leaves lying on the ground, and was of the opinion that the assassin entered there. "From what you say, Dr. Arrowsmith, it is your opinion that no struggle took place?"