“And who was that?”
“Jason Carrel.”
“And did you introduce the defendant to Jason Carrel?”
“Yes, I did.”
“Do you remember exactly what you said?”
“That’s been five or six years ago,” the witness protested. “It’s hard to remember things over that length of time.”
“Not for a man with your remarkable memory,” Mason said. “I believe you stated your age was sixty-five. You were, therefore, about sixty when you saw your brother. You had last seen him when you were seven years old, and yet you recognized him instantly over this lapse of fifty-three years. Isn’t that right?”
“Well... Well, yes.”
“Now specifically what did you say to Jason Carrel? Did you say, ‘Jason, this is my brother, Alden’?”
“Well, I can’t remember.”