Mr. Farr rose leisurely to his feet. “Just one moment, please. I’m becoming a little confused from time to time as to whether this is direct or cross-examination. It looks as though Mr. Lambert were going to leave me very little to do. Possibly I’m in error, but it certainly sounds to me as though he were impeaching the veracity of his own witness.”
“The Court is inclined to agree with you. Do you object to the question?”
“I don’t particularly object to the question, but it strikes me as totally out of place.”
“Very well. You need not reply to that question, Mr. Ives.”
“Thanks—with Your Honour’s permission, I prefer to. I’m sure that Mr. Lambert will be glad to know that my reply to Melanie Cordier was entirely accurate.”
“How many of these notes had you received previously?” inquired Mr. Lambert, and the expression that inflamed his countenance was not one of gratitude.
“Six or eight, possibly.”
“Over what period?”
“Over a period of about two months.”
“Are you aware that Miss Cordier testified that she had placed possibly twenty there over a much more extended period?”