He settled himself back in the capacious oak chair, balanced upon his knees a white straw hat with a string band round the crown and waited for the question.
“What is your name?” asked Durham. “William Pitman Priest.”
Even the voice somehow seemed to fit the setting. Its high nasal note had a sort of whimsical appeal to it.
“When and where were you born?”
“In Calloway County, Kintucky, July 27, 1889.”
“What is your profession or business?”
“I am an attorney-at-law.”
“What position if any do you hold in your native state?”
“I am presidin' judge of the first judicial district of the state of Kintucky.”
“And have you been so long?”