"What led you to do this?"
"A good enough one, I think. She'd been imposed on Mr. Casti and his wife as a respectable character, and she was causing trouble between them. She had to be got rid of somehow, and this was one step to it."
"Was Mrs. Casti aware of your intention to take this step?"
"No, she wasn't."
"But you told her when you had done it?"
"Yes, I did."
The frankness of all this had its effect, of course. The case was attracting much interest in court, and the public seats were quite full. Mrs. Sprowl looked round in evident enjoyment of her position. There was a slight pause, and then the examination continued.
"Of what nature was the trouble you speak of, caused by the prisoner between this lady and her husband?"
"Mr. Casti began to pay a good deal too much attention to her."
There was a sound of whispers and a murmuring.