“Yes.”
“You mention a clock in the passage. Where does it stand?”
“It stands—you’ve seen it, sir.”
“No matter, my friend. The jury haven’t.”
“Well, sir, it stands about half way between the front door and the door of the coffee-room.”
“So that Durnford, to reach the coffee-room door, would have to pass that clock?”
“Yes, sir.”
“And you did not wake till he was standing in the coffee-room door?”
“No, sir.”
“How high is the face of that clock from the ground? Can you reach it without standing on anything?”