“At the close of her funeral, just before she was carried out.”
“Was that the first and only time you had seen her so placed?”
“It was.”
“Had you seen the casket itself prior to this moment of which you speak?”
“I had not.”
“Had you been near it? Had you handled it in any way?”
“No, sir.”
“Mr. Cumberland, you have heard mention made of a ring worn by your sister in life, but missing from her finger after death?”
“I have.”
“You remember this ring?”