Judge, intervening: "We have had enough of this discursive evidence which really does not bear on the case at all. I must ask the prosecuting counsel to keep to the point and not waste the time of the court."
Prosecuting Counsel (who has meantime received three or four energetic notes from his leader, begging him to remember his instructions and not to be an ass): "Very good M'Lud." (To Vivie) "Do you know Mr. David Vavasour Williams, a barrister?"
Vivie: "I have heard of him."
Counsel: "Have you spoken of him as your cousin?"
Vivie: "I may have done. He is closely related to me."
Counsel: "I put it to you that you are David Williams, or at any rate that you have posed as being that person."
Judge, interposing with a weary air: "Who is David Williams?"
Counsel: "Well—er—a member of the Bar—well known in the criminal courts—Shillito case—"
Judge: "Really? I had not heard of him. Proceed."
Counsel (to Vivie): "You heard my questions?"