“Now, just a minute,” Scudder said. “Let’s get this all in order. You went up the stairs to the boat deck. Now, by those stairs, are you referring to the same stairs up which Mr. Moar and Mrs. Moar, the defendant in this action, gained the deck?”
“Yes, sir.”
“And were there lights on the boat deck?”
“No, sir. The boat deck wasn’t illuminated, but there were lights in the hospital section.”
“Where is that?”
“It’s just forward of the gymnasium. The stairs are at the after part of the ship. There are two stairways, one on the left side and one on the right side. I went up the stairs on the left side. The gymnasium is right at the head of those stairs. Then there is a court for playing deck tennis, and beyond that is a section of the ship set aside for hospital rooms.”
“There was a light in this hospital section?”
“Yes.”
“Could you see that light through a door or through a window?”
“Through both. A window was open — that is, I mean there was no shade across it — and the door was standing open.”