“I decline to say.”
“I insist on your answering;” and as the witness remained silent, the judge intervened. “You know, Lady Rellingham, I can commit you to prison if you do not answer; and if you do not tell the truth, you will be guilty of perjury.”
“Lady Rellingham, I put it to you that your daughter went by the name of Evangeline Stableford. Is not that a fact?” And reluctantly came the admission that it was.
“Now, then, I put it to you that the other person who was present was Evangeline Stableford. Isn’t that so?”
And that was admitted.
“Now, didn’t Sir John tell you he was suffering from cancer of the throat, and was going to be operated on?”
“Yes.”
“Didn’t he remind you that Evangeline had not yet come of age?”
“Yes.”
“Didn’t he say he hoped Lady Stableford would provide for her adopted daughter, Evangeline, in her will?”