“I can’t help that.”
“You must have had something to do with it.”
“I didn’t.”
“But you’re certain this is Casanova?”
“Yes. I can identify him by that claw that’s missing, and by what he said about dropping the gun.”
“Oh, you’ve heard that before, have you?”
“Yes. My husband commented on it when he brought the bird home with him.”
The district attorney said, “Miss Monteith, I’m not satisfied that your violent emotional reaction when this dead parrot was brought before you is purely the result of a nervous condition. Now, I’m going to insist that you look closely at this parrot and...”
Mason got to his feet and said, “You don’t need to look at that parrot, Miss Monteith.”
Sprague flushed and said, “I insist that she does.”