"It was, before it was stolen."
"Did you cut those notches in it?"
"No."
"Who did?"
"I don't know."
"Will you swear that you did not produce this stick at the Detlij Club and assert that each notch represented a broken heart?"
"I did not."
"Then what did you get the badge for?"
"I don't know." This in a sulky tone.
"Had you a friend of the name of Thomas Thomas?"