The Nine of Hearts: A Novel

by B. L. Farjeon

Witness. "Yes, sir."

The Attorney-general. "Did you take any ale or spirits during the day?"

Witness. "No, sir. I have touched neither for years."

The Attorney-general. "The prisoner's figure being familiar to you, and your eyesight being so strong that you could distinguish him in the darkness, is it likely that you could be mistaken in him on this night?"

Witness (reluctantly). "It is not likely, sir."

The Attorney-general. "Scarcely possible?"

Witness. "Scarcely possible, sir."

[III.]

THE EVIDENCE OF ADOLF WOLFSTEIN, WAITER.

The next witness called was Adolf Wolfstein, a waiter in Prevost's Restaurant.