“I did not!”
“Did you see Mr. Tertius write—that?”
“I did not!”
“Have you ever seen this will, this document, before?”
Mr. Halfpenny drew the will towards himself with an impatient movement and began to replace it in the large envelope from which it had been taken.
“In short, you never assisted at the execution of this document—never saw Jacob Herapath make any will—never witnessed any signature of his to this?” he said testily. “That’s what you really say—what you affirm?”
“Just so,” replied Burchill. “You apprehend me exactly.”
“Yet you have just heard what Mr. Tertius says! What do you say to that, Mr. Burchill?”
“I say nothing to that, Mr. Halfpenny. I have nothing to do with what Mr. Tertius says. I have answered your questions.”