“You will hear it at the proper time. First answer my question, and
believe me in your own interest. Answer frankly. What did you do last
night?”
“How do I know? I walked about.”
“That is no answer.”
“Still it is so. I went out with no specific purpose: I walked at
haphazard.”
“Your gun on your shoulder?”
“I always take my gun: my servant can tell you so.”
“Did you cross the Seille marshes?”
“No.”