“We aren’t,” Mason assured him smilingly.
“That’s a technical objection.”
“It isn’t an objection at all,” Mason said. “It’s simply an instruction to my client not to answer the question.”
“I demand that she answer it,” the district attorney said to the coroner.
The coroner said, “I think you can question Miss Monteith just about facts, Mr. Sprague. Don’t ask her what she wants the jury to understand.”
Sprague, flushing, said, “How about that parrot?”
“You mean Casanova?”
“Yes.”
“Mr. Sabin bought it... that is, that’s what I understood.”
“When?”