‘When did I discover that?’
‘Yes, woman; don’t echo me like that. You know what I mean.’
‘I thought so at the time.’
‘What!’ The barrister assumed an expression of amaze.
‘I thought so all along.’
‘Then why didn’t you say so all along? When you were before the magistrates, did you say anything about somebody being hurt?’
‘Yes, I think so.’
‘You think so! Remember you are on your oath, please, and that I have a copy before me of what you actually did say before the magistrates. When you were before them, did you say a syllable about a sound as if somebody were being hurt?’
‘I don’t know whether I did or not.’
‘I thought so. Did you tell the magistrate that you thought it was the sound of someone in troubled sleep?’ Here the barrister read from his brief.