Audrey immediately looked surprised. "Me?"
Soest spoke up. "Madam, could you and these maids leave us for a moment? We have a few questions we'd like to ask Miss Hall."
He smiled. "Don't worry, it's only a minor matter. It just involves certain secrets that aren't suitable for more people to know."
Audrey patted the back of her mother's hand. "Mother, go get some rest."
"All right."
Soon, Annie and the other maids left with Mrs. Hall.
Audrey sat down opposite the three of them, blinking innocently. "May I ask what you would like to know?"
"Where were you an hour ago, Miss Hall?"
"Ahem, let's skip these pointless probes." Soest's expression grew serious. "You remember what happened on Laurel Street not long ago, don't you, Miss Hall?"
Rather than answering, Audrey looked at Daly. Only after seeing her nod did she say, "I do. I was coming back from the Mental Patient Hospital in a carriage when a monster suddenly attacked me."
Leonard frowned. "As the Hall Family Eldest Daughter, why would you go to a mental hospital?"
"I happened to hear about the miserable lives of the mentally ill, so I made a special visit to the hospital and donated some money to improve their living conditions."
"And then you took that road, happened to encounter the Devil Dog, and even got lucky enough to evade its attack?"
Daly said coolly, "Leonard, your questions are too rude."
Leonard couldn't help feeling puzzled. When questioning suspects, they normally used precisely this kind of rapid-fire interrogation to make the other person expose flaws in their story.
Why did it become "rude" just because the other person was an earl's daughter?
Was I really being rude, Old Man? he asked Pallez inwardly.
Pallez chuckled. "You were indeed rude, but there was