 Did William kill the man?
Not if you believe me. For punishment, he locked me in a windowless room and told me to sit still until he came back. If you believe any of this at all, you'll see why it couldn't be me who did the stealing. Even Partridge made his way down from the auctioneer's stand like a vulture with a busted wing and darted through his private door. Following the wallboard, I went down the side of the room and behind the last row of chairs, closer, closer, and halfway up the room again to the entrance—the entrance and the little wooden box fastened to the wall beside it. The box was fastened to the vertical tongue-and-groove laths of the woodwork, not the wall.
 yes - he used the pipe and killed the man
 no - he watched the men do it, but William thought it was the spirits  yes, though he doesn't remember  yes - he used the pipe and killed the man  no - the two men did it when William's back was turned