Who
found the
body?'
'Two
of the
servants,'
said the doctor.
'Then
let's hear their
story,'
said Holmes.
The two women told their story very clearly. They had been
awakened from their sleep by a loud noise. A minute later, they
heard another noise.
Both women ran downstairs from their rooms. The door of a
downstairs room was open and Mr Cubitt lay dead on the floor.
Near the window, his wife was sitting with her head against
the wall. One side of her face was red with blood.
The window was shut and the room was full of smoke and the
smell of gunpowder.