"Yes, sir."
"When did he begin?"
He paused a moment.
"I think it was the day after the fight, that very night, to be hexact, sir."
"I see. The night after the fight. He spent the evening out and when he came home, was he intoxicated?"
"Not then, no, sir. But 'e'd been drinkin', just mildly lit—in a manner o' speakin' sir, not drunk, but gay and kind o' sarcastic-like; not like Master Jerry 'imself, sir."
"Had he been with some other gentlemen during the evening?"
"No, sir. 'E 'ad been callin' on a lady, but stopped at 'is club on the way around—"
"What lady?"
"I—I—"