"He said then," Reginald Carne said, reluctantly, "'I swear you shall never marry this sailor or any one else, whatever I may have to do to prevent it.' That was all I heard." "Do you suppose the allusion was to Lieutenant Gulston?" "I thought so at the time, and that was one of the reasons why I did not wish him to enter. I thought by my cousin's tone that did Lieutenant Gulston enter at that moment an assault might take place." "What happened after the lieutenant, in compliance with your request, left you?" "I waited a minute or two and then went in. My sister was alone. She was naturally much vexed at what had taken place." "Will you tell me exactly what she said?" Again Reginald Carne hesitated. "I really don't think," he said after a pause, "that my sister meant what she said. She was indignant and excited, and I don't think that her words could be taken as evidence." "The jury will make all allowances, Mr. Carne. I have to ask you to tell them the words." "I cannot tell you the precise words," he said, "for she spoke for some little time. She began by saying that she had been grossly insulted by her cousin, and that she must insist that he did not enter the house again, for if he did she would certainly leave it. She said he was mad with passion; that he was in such a state that she did not feel her life was safe with him. I am sure, gentlemen, she did not at all mean what she said, but she was in a passion herself and would, I am sure, when she was cool, have spoken very differently." There was a deep silence in the room. At last the coroner said: "Just two more questions, Mr. Carne, and then we have done. Captain Mervyn, you say, had left the room when you entered it. Is there any other door to the drawing-room than that at which you were standing?" "No, sir, there is no other door; the window was wide open, and as it is only three feet from the ground I have no doubt he went out that way. I heard him gallop off a minute or two later, so that he must have run straight round to the stables." "In going from the drawing-room window to the stables, would he pass under the window of your sister's room?" "No," Reginald replied. "That is quite the other side of the house." "Then, in fact, the glove that was found there could not have been accidentally dropped on his way from the drawing-room to the stable?" "It could not," Reginald Carne admitted, reluctantly. "Thank you; if none of the jury wish to ask you any question, that is all we shall require at present." The jury shook their heads. They were altogether too horrified at the turn matters were taking to think of any questions to the point. The Chief Constable then called the gardener, who testified that he had swept the lawn on the afternoon of the day the murder was committed, and that had a glove been lying at that time on the spot where it was discovered he must have noticed it.