The third witness was Isobel herself. When she was called she rose very slowly and walked to the witness stand. She was sworn in and seated herself in the witness chair. Her face and hands were chalk white against the blackness of her dress.
"Mrs. d'Larte, did you kill your husband?" the Defense asked.
"No."
"Do you know who did kill your husband?"
"No."
"Why did you lock yourself in your bedroom the night he was killed."
"I wanted to be alone."
The spectators giggled.
"Could you explain how your fingerprints came to be on the iron statue of Venus? The statue that killed your husband."
"It was my statue. It is quite possible that my fingerprints would be on it."