"Were you not," began the plaintiff's counsel, "born in Montrose, the daughter of one Molly Watson?"
When this was denied, he put his next question.
"How many intrigues have you had during your career?"
"None," was the answer.
"We'll see about that, Madam," returned the other, consulting his brief. "To begin with, were you not the mistress of King Ludwig?"
"You are a vulgar villain," exclaimed Lola indignantly. "I can swear on the Bible, which I read every night, but you don't, that I never had what you call an 'intrigue' with him. As a matter of fact, I did him a lot of good."
"In what way?" enquired the judge, looking interested.
"Well, I moulded his mind to the love of freedom."
"Before you ran off with your first husband," continued counsel, "were you not employed as a chambermaid?"
"Never," was the emphatic response. "And, let me tell you, Mr. Attorney, it is not at all a shameful thing to be a chambermaid. If I had been born one, I should consider myself a much more distinguished woman than I am."