Yollop: "He said he had been out of jail for three months."
Counsel, suddenly referring to his notes again: "Er—ahem!—By the way, Mr. Yollop, you don't hear very well, do you?"
Yollop: "I am quite deaf."
Counsel: "He might have said a great many things that you failed to hear,—especially if his voice was weak?"
Yollop: "I dare say he did."
Counsel, lifting his eyebrows significantly and nodding his head: "Ah-h-h! Didn't he tell you that he had a wife and several children?"
Yollop: "I don't recall that he said anything about several children. He said he had several wives."
Counsel, startled: "What's that?"
A bailiff, harshly addressing a woman in the front row of spectators: "Order! Order!"
The Woman in the front row: "The dirty liar!"