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Magdalen became very white in the process . At last she said , `` Did Andrea _ know _ that Michael was innocent of the murder ? '' `` I never thought so at the time , but just before he died he said something cruel to me which shewed he knew Michael 's innocence for certain , had known it from the first . '' `` Then if he knew Michael had not murdered the Marchese , how do you suppose he accounted for his being hidden in your rooms at midnight , after he had ostensibly left the house ? '' Fay stared at her sister aghast . `` I never thought of that , '' she said . `` What _ can _ Andrea have thought of that ? ''