Chapter 9

“If she took that piece of rope, it was not to tie the dogs up; I can assure you of that. She had not expected to take them. I don’t think she wanted to take them. And as for this man on the stairs,” I went on, rather tartly, “you tell me that that was Sarah Gittings, who had left the house only a half hour before, and who could get in at any time! I am to believe that Sarah went to that empty lot, tied up the dogs, put on a pair of dark trousers, broke her way in through the drawing room door, and deliberately let…