room or the ladies' department."

"About that message," asked Kennedy, ignoring what to me seemed
to be the most important feature of the case, the mystery of the
silent bullet. "Didn't you see it after all was over?"

"No, sir; in fact I had forgotten about it till this moment when
you asked me to reconstruct the circumstances exactly. No, sir, I
don't know a thing about it. I can't say it impressed itself on
my mind at the time, either."

"What did Mrs. Parker do when she came to?"

"Oh, she cried as I have never seen a woman cry before. He was
dead by that time, of course."

"Bruce and I saw her down in the elevator to her car. In fact,
the doctor, who had arrived; said that the sooner she was taken
home the better she would be. She was quite hysterical."

"Did she say anything that you remember?"

Downey hesitated.

"Out with it Downey," said the inspector. "What did she say as
she was going down in the elevator?"

"Nothing."

"Tell us. I'll arrest you if you don't."