“I am quite aware of it. It’s a very tight corner, indeed.”
“Was anyone cognisant of your plans?”
“No one.”
“This lady?”
“No, certainly not.”
“You are wearing a captain’s uniform. How did you get it?”
“I borrowed it without leave—stole it, perhaps I ought to say; except that I shall return it to the owner.”
“Who is the owner?”
“That I cannot answer.”
“Yet you say no one—not even the owner of the uniform—was in league with you?”