“What candle and what candelabrum?”
“The same I used upstairs, of course”
“And you can not remember where you left this candle and candelabrum when you finally quitted the house?”
“No. I wasn’t thinking about candles.”
“What were you thinking about?”
“The rupture with my wife and the bad name of the house I was in.”
“Oh! and this was on Tuesday night?”
“Yes, sir.”
“How can you prove this to us?”
“I can not.”