"He told me to say that he had left the note at the door."
"But he had not done so?"
"No, sir; he wrote it in the drawing-room."
"Thank you. That is all."
But this witness was not allowed to pass as the others had done. The counsel for the prosecution got up.
"You told Mrs. Assheton that it had been left at the door?"
"Yes, sir."
"You knew that was untrue?"
"Yes, sir."
"For what reason did you say it, then?"