"When two women want the same man, there's bound to be, Mr. Warner. As a person—if it were possible for me to think of her apart from Jimmy—I had nothing against her. It's true to say I hardly knew her. We had nothing in common. She was a sweet, harmless girl who never did the slightest thing to rouse any hostility in me."
"And I'll ask you, Callista: did you ever, at any time at all, entertain any sort of intention of doing away with her, or in fact of doing her any kind of harm?"
"No. No, Mr. Warner. The worst I ever wished against her was that she would—let Jimmy go."
"Callista, after signing that transcript in Mr. Lamson's office, did you receive medical attention?"
"Oh—yes, I did. I sort of blacked out, after signing it. Came to in some kind of infirmary room—in this building, I guess it is. The police doctor was—all right."
"Do you recall seeing me that evening?"
"Yes, you were there at the infirmary, soon after I came to myself."
"You remember my explanation of why I couldn't be there sooner?"
"Yes, you told me you'd been out of town, and Edith couldn't get word to you until after six o'clock."