“Had he invited you to visit his house?”
“No.”
“You went there for the purpose of seeing his wife?”
“Yes.”
“You saw her?”
“Yes.”
“And you armed yourself before going to the house?”
“I did. Walter Prescott had threatened to kill her. I considered him fully capable of doing just that. I intended to protect her from him.”
“By using that weapon?”
“I didn’t think I’d need to use it, but I wanted her to have it so she could use it if she had to in order to defend herself.”