‘I never spoke to him before.’
‘When he struck you you lost your temper?’
‘Any one would.’
‘You say Malpas is a friend of yours?’
‘And Malpas was not drunk?’
‘Not that I could see.’
‘Do you know where Malpas had been that evening?’
Abner hesitated. He felt that George’s eyes were on him from behind. ‘No.’
‘Very well.’