"The letter is in French. We shall have to swear an interpreter."
"You will find," said the witness suddenly, "that those bits of words on the blotting-paper come out of the letter. You'll 'scuse my mentioning it."
"Is this person put forward as an expert witness?" inquired Sir Wigmore witheringly.
"Right ho!" said Lord Peter. "Only, you see, it has been rather sprung on Biggy as you might say.
"Biggy and Wiggy
Were two pretty men,
They went into court
When the clock—"
"Sir Impey, I must really ask you to keep your witness in order."
Lord Peter grinned, and a pause ensued while an interpreter was fetched and sworn. Then, at last, the letter was read, amid a breathless silence: