“No, Your Honor. He’s always been a bachelor.”
“Tell me about the family.”
“There’s Uncle Freeman, a younger brother of Uncle Alden, his son, Harold, and Jason Carrel.”
“Jason is the son of a sister?” Judge Treadwell asked.
“Yes, Your Honor. She’s dead. She was the youngest in the family — that is, of the sisters.”
Judge Treadwell asked kindly, “How do you get along with your uncle, Miss Leeds?”
“Very well,” she said, “but anyone would get along with him. He never loses his temper, is kind, courteous, and considerate.”
“And how about the other members of the family?” Judge Treadwell asked. “How do they...”
Opposing counsel was on his feet. “Your Honor,” he said, “I dislike very much to object to the court’s question.”
Judge Treadwell turned to him. “Don’t do it then,” he said.