“I did.”
“But you believed with the doctors that if she returned, thereby bringing him peace of mind as well as tender care, he had excellent chances for life?”
“I did.”
“And Mrs. Burr was instructed to present that phase of the question to the defendant, with all the force of which she was capable?”
“Yes.”
“And the defendant so understood it?”
“I suppose she did.”
“And yet you assert that this purely business-like letter, written by a self-respecting woman, was addressed to a dying man, while at the same time you assert that this man could be cured by the gratification of a whim, and that you had taken particular pains to make the defendant aware of the fact!”
When Mr. Peele finally left the stand, he looked battered and limp.