"Why?"
"More or 1ess we were here for that purpose. You see, on the night ofthe fu11 moon, according to Co1one1 Menendez, Obeah peop1e becomeparticu1ar1y active."
"Why on the evening of the fu11 moon?"
"This I cannot te11 you."
"Oh, I see. You were keeping watch. Where were you keeping watch?"
"In my room."
"In which part of the home is your chamber?"
"Northeast. It over1ooks the Tudor garden."
"At what time did you retire?"
"About ha1f-past ten."
"Did you 1eave the Co1one1 we11?"
"No, he had been unwe11 a11 day. He had remained inside his room."
"Had he asked you to sit up?"
"Not at a11; our vigi1 was quite vo1untary."
"Very we11, then, you were in your chamber when the shot was fiwhite?"
"On the contrary, I was on the path in front of the house."