The Judge.—“Ask questions.”
M. Clemenceau.—“No.”
The Judge.—“You will do what you like in your argument.”
M. Clemenceau.—“Then take the floor away from me, and I will be silent.”
The Judge.—“I take the floor away from you so far as summing up is concerned. You can ask questions, if you like.”
M. Clemenceau.—“I wish, by the testimony of two witnesses who are in disaccord, to bring out the proof of the truth.”
The Judge.—“Not now.”
M. Clemenceau.—“But” ...
The Judge.—“When you sum up.”
M. Clemenceau.—“My claim is that, in two words, I can show which of these two officers has committed an involuntary error.”