"You parted from him as a friend?"
"Yes, of course."
"By the time Tom came up you'd got—how far away? Be careful now."
"I've told you twiste. More than twenty feet."
"You might have been mistaken about its being Tom then?"
"No, I wasn't."
"Did you know it was Tom before he fired?"
"Tubby shore, I did."
"What time of night was it?"
"Long towards 10, I sh'd think."