Levin said:
"Please go on. . . . We accept the statement that Major Perowne was not in uniform. He states that he was in his pyjamas and dressing-gown. Looking for the bathroom."
Tietjens said: "Ah!" and stood reflecting. He said:
"May I hear the . . . the purport of Major Perowne's statement?"
"He states," Levin said, "what I have just said. He was looking for the bathroom. He had not slept in the hotel before. He opened a door and looked round it, and was immediately thrown with great violence down into the passage with his head against the wall. He says that this dazed him so that, not really appreciating what had happened, he shouted various accusations against the person who had assaulted him. . . . General O'Hara then came out of his room. . . ."
Tietjens said:
"What accusations did Major Perowne shout?"
"He doesn't. . . ." Levin hesitated, "eh! . . . elaborate them in his statement."
Tietjens said:
"It is, I imagine, material that I should know what they are. . . ."