"Yes."
"So that, having brought forward your flashlight device, you had to set it down before you could strike the match?"
"Yes."
"And then you had to lift the box again before you could apply the flame of the match to the magnesium wire. Do you expect us to believe that all these operations were executed simultaneously and instantaneously?"
"No, I do not."
"Good. Timing these various processes of thought and action, we may assume that they occupied a couple of minutes?"
"Not so long."
"A minute and a half? I don't think I can accept less than a minute and a half for the accomplishment of the work I have described?"
"Say a minute and a half."
"I accept it. And all this time the man was standing at the door, waiting for you?"