Witness. "I knew that he was one of the original hypnotists."
Counsel. "How did you come to state in the newspaper history of your life that you were introduced to Charcot at the Hospital General at Paris if that was not true?"
Witness. "While there I met a Charcot."
Counsel. "Oh, I see."
Witness. "But not the original Charcot."
Counsel. "Which Charcot did you meet?"
Witness. "A woman. She was a lady assuming the name of Charcot, claiming to be Madame Charcot."
Counsel. "So that when you wrote in this article that you had met Charcot, you intended people to understand that it was the celebrated Professor Charcot, and it was partly true, because there was a woman by the name of Charcot whom you had really met?"
Witness. "Precisely."
Counsel (quietly). "That is to say, there was some truth in it?"