“To send my blind brother away to get his sight.”
“I mean what were you to do in consideration of receiving the money?”
Before Tom could answer, Pleadwell was addressing the court:
“I submit, your Honor,” he said, “that this inquisition has gone far enough. I protest against my client being prejudiced by the unauthorized and irrelevant conduct of any one.”
The judge turned to the district attorney. “Until you can more closely connect the defendant or his authorized agent,” he said, “with the giving of this money, we shall be obliged to restrict you in this course of inquiry.”
Pleadwell had made another point. He still felt that the case was not hopeless.
Then Summons, the private counsel for the prosecution, took the witness. “Tom,” he said, “did you tell the truth in your direct examination?”
“I did, sir,” replied Tom, “but not the whole truth.”
“Well, then, suppose you tell the rest of it.”
“I object,” interposed Pleadwell, “to allowing this witness to ramble over the field of legal and illegal evidence at will. If counsel has questions to ask, let him ask them.”