"So," said I. "Exit the Alderman. It's a crying pity that car didn't get in its work four months ago."
"Let us be thankful for what it did do, last week."
"One lying mouth stopped," said I.
He nodded. "And only an inferior reputation left to bolster up his certificate."
I looked again at the copy. "I wonder if that car, by any possibility, might have hit Witness, John Edwards, too?"
Courtney smiled. "It's dollars to nickels the same blow killed them both."
"Then, it's my word against hers and the certificate."
"Not exactly. It's her word, her beauty and the certificate against your word, its corroborating circumstances and her history."
"That sounds logical," said I; "and yet, in fact, if there were nothing but her word it would still win out for Lotzen. I may not marry the Princess so long as another woman claims to be my wife."
Courtney frowned. "But, if you prove her a liar by cold facts?"