A. No, I forgot. I spoke generally, not realising that the point might be important.
Q. You see that it may be?
A. Quite.
Q. You secured your gun first, then?
A. Yes, I did. I had to pass the body to do it, not liking the job, but driven to it in a sort of insane instinct to get the thing into my safe keeping when it was too late. You see, I blamed myself for having in a sort of way contributed to the deed by my carelessness. I was very much agitated.
Q. You mean that, in your opinion, the crime might never have been committed had not the gun offered itself to some sudden temptation?
A. Yes, that is what I mean.
Q. You are convinced, then, that the shot was fired from this particular weapon?
A. It seems reasonable to conclude so.
Q. Why?