Mr. Walters: And when you were making these investigations you did not want to go to everybody and ask his definite business—“What sort of lawyer are you?”?
Witness: No; I never thought about it. He was a lawyer, and that’s all I knew.
Mr. Walters: Have you ever written a tragedy that nobody will bring out?
Witness: No, indeed, I have not.
Mr. Walters: And so you have no particular reason for standing in the limelight and making yourself a heroine. Thank you.
Judge: The Court will now adjourn for about ten or fifteen minutes.
The Court accordingly adjourned. On the resumption of the proceedings, Mr. Walters announced that the evidence of Miss Helena Landless had completed his case.
[The Case for the Defence.]
Mr. Crotch, in opening the case for the defence, said—