"Then what do you think?"
"It is so long ago, sir, that I really don't know."
"Exactly. It is so long ago that you cannot depend on your memory."
"I suppose I can't, sir."
"But you just now told the gentleman who examined you on the other side, that you were quite sure you did not witness two deeds on the day he named,—the 14th of July. Now, seeing that you doubt your own memory, going back over so long a time, do you wish to correct that statement?"
"I suppose I do."
"What correction do you wish to make?"
"I don't think I did."
"Don't think you did what?"
"I don't think I signed two—"