“Oh, yes. Quite easily.”
“Was Durnford a taller man than yourself?”
“Yes, sir. At least a head taller.”
“Does the face of that clock open easily?”
“Quite easily. I open it every few days to wind it.”
“Did that clock keep good time after that evening?”
“I don’t remember, sir,” answered the witness, after a moment of earnest thought.
“No matter. Jane Flinders swears it was a quarter-past ten by her watch, when she heard Durnford come in. You swear it was five-and-twenty minutes to ten. How do you reconcile the difference?”
“I don’t know. She must be mistaken.”
“But so may you be.” The witness was silent.