Colonel Picquart.—“Yes.”
M. Labori.—“And from what did Colonel Picquart desire to remove the traces of pasting?”
Colonel Picquart.—“Why, from the photograph.”
M. Labori.—“Would it have been possible to remove such traces from the original?”
Colonel Picquart.—“There was never any question of removing them from the original. The original has never been altered. Once pasted, it was not thereafter touched.”
M. Labori.—“In the charges made against Colonel Picquart are there any relating to events that occurred later than 1896?”
Colonel Picquart.—“No.”
M. Labori.—“Were not all the doings of Colonel Picquart known to all his superiors?”
Colonel Picquart.—“Absolutely.”
M. Labori.—“Why, then, had they not taken in 1896 the attitude that they have taken since?”