"Oh," said Marvin, with a shake of his head. "So you testified that he was a liar because you heard others say so?"
"No," jerked Hammond, "he lied to me."
"What did he tell you that was untrue?"
"Everything," said Hammond.
"Can you repeat one lie that Mr. Jones told you?"
"Oh, he told me so many," was the impatient reply, "I can't recall them. Oh yes," after a pause, "he said he drove a swarm of bees across the plains in the dead of winter."
Bill, who was facing him, and who had not taken his eyes from him, burst into a loud laugh, the whole court-room, even to the judge, following suit, while Marvin raised his voice above the uproar to ask, "Now, how do you know that is a lie?"
"Why, I know the thing is impossible!" Hammond said, contemptuously.
"Why?"
"It's all nonsense," sneered Hammond, with an angry gesture.