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`` Then why ask it ? '' she said . `` Why , -- because I want to know . Where were you on the day of the murder , -- between five and six o'clock ? '' `` I _ wish _ you 'd let me go , Marsh ; you 're hurting me -- '' she complained . She struggled for a moment to release herself from his grasp , then realizing that her effort was of no avail , she quietly resumed her former position on the arm of his chair . `` You must answer my question , come -- where were you ? ''