"You know, too, that he did not go to his club. That has come out in the evidence."
"I am told that he was not seen there."
"Now then for the question that I regard of such importance. Do you know of any woman likely to write to your son and ask him to meet her?"
Again the witness looked confused. "I think the question unfair," he said. "One might have all sorts of suspicions, but it would be wrong to give expression to them, as I have no definite knowledge."
"I must insist on the question, my lord," said Paul, turning to the judge.
"Certainly," replied the judge. "It has a strong bearing upon the case."
"Then I must repeat the question," said Paul, turning to the witness.
Whereupon Mr. Wilson admitted that he had more than once seen his son in company with a woman whom he did not know.
"Might it not have been her letter that night?"
"Of course, I cannot tell," replied the witness. "Everything I say upon the question is pure surmise, and I can substantiate nothing."