“Yes, sir.”
“You have a distinct recollection of saying that?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Your meaning was that when your friend had had that quantity of alcohol the airs of bravado she assumed were quite ridiculously out of keeping with her character?”
“Yes, sir.”
“And the point of your saying lay in the fact that whether your friend had had drink or whether she had not, her character was so soft and gentle that you could not conceive her to be capable of hurting anybody?”
“Yes, sir.”
“She has been your friend for ten years?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Throughout that period you have found her to be generous, kind, impulsive, lovable?”