But optics sharp it needs I ween,
To see what is not to be seen.
John Trumbull.
[30. Robbery at High Noon]
He was suspicious of John, the nephew, of course. Upon being asked where he was at the time of the robbery, he stated he was ‘hauling in a muskie.’
Unless he had guilty knowledge, he could not possibly have known at what time the robbery was committed.
He fell neatly into the Professor’s trap, don’t you think?
Let guilty men remember, their black deeds
Do lean on crutches made of slender reeds.
John Webster.