There was a perceptible pause; then came the answer, "A foot-stool." "Could you tell whether the sound you thought you heard in the room was made by a man or a woman?" asked the judge advocate, laying down his pen. "I could not, sir. It was too intangible to even locate." "I have finished my direct examination, Mr. Senator. Have you any questions to ask the witness?" Warren wrote his message and gave it to the judge advocate. "Did you know that Captain Lloyd was asleep in the next room?" "No, sir; I did not even know he had returned to the city," replied Goddard. Warren handed another slip to the judge advocate, who read its contents aloud: "His hat and overcoat were found in the sitting-room later that night. You were in that room, were you not?" "I was, Mr. Senator; but you must remember I could not see. I did not pass my hand over all the chairs or other furniture in the room; otherwise I might have found his overcoat and hat." "Could not your attendant, Donnally, have seen them?" wrote Warren. "Certainly, Mr. Senator; but Donnally did not enter the room with me. He was standing in the hall when I went inside and closed the door." "When did you first hear of Captain Lloyd's death?" was Warren's next question. "Colonel Baker came in the next afternoon and told me." "I have no further questions to ask this witness," announced Warren, after consulting Nancy. When Goddard retired, his place was taken by his attendant, Donnally. He stated briefly that he had only accompanied Major Goddard to the sitting-room door; that he had not looked into the room, being in a hurry to return downstairs and get something to eat. No, he did not think it strange that Major Goddard did not ring for him. The major had said he was not hungry, and that he did not wish to be disturbed. He was not told that Captain Lloyd had returned. He knew absolutely nothing of what had happened upstairs in his master's room, because he had spent his entire time in the kitchen until he was sent for by the Secret Service agent, Symonds. Warren declined to cross-examine Donnally, and he was excused. Symonds was then recalled to the stand. "Do you recollect, Symonds, whether the door leading from Captain Lloyd's bedroom into the rear hall was locked that night?" "No, sir, it was not," replied Symonds, confidently. "It wasn't even closed. I found it ajar when I rushed over to open it, and call for assistance after I discovered Captain Lloyd was dead. And what's more," he added, "there was no key in the lock." "Did you find any trace of the key?" inquired the judge advocate, quickly. "Yes, sir. Doctor Ward wished to lock the room to prevent curious persons entering. So I searched the room, and finally found it on the mantel in the sitting-room half hidden by the clock. I guess Captain Lloyd was too exhausted to look about for the key, and decided to lie down without locking the door." "Were the other doors also unlocked?"