"Why 'of course'?"
"Well, naturally he wouldn't leave another man alone with his wife."
"He was jealous of her, eh?"
"Jealous!" The rings flashed. "I should just about say he was jealous."
"Ah!"--Ronnie's coins jingled--"and did this jealous husband make any comment on his wife's remark?"
"No."
"Wasn't that rather curious? Now tell me, did you gather, from the way you allege the accused spoke, that she meant her statement seriously?"
"I thought she was serious."
"Oh, you did, did you? Please tell me something else. Are you prepared to inform his lordship and the jury that your impression at the time was that it was the accused's intention to kill her husband if ever she got the chance?"
"Well, I shouldn't like to go so far as, to say that."