"It was a smaller weapon," he says, "thinner bladed and much lighter. It must have been shorter by two or three inches."
Then he adds that the surgeon's knife has never been used upon a body; the blood has been smeared on by an inartistic hand.
"It would be impossible," he says, "to withdraw this knife from a bleeding wound with no other blood marks than those it bears."
Doctor Gaylor and Professor Harrington corroborate his every statement, and when their testimony is done there is another sensation in the court room.
As Doctor Benoit passes by O'Meara, in returning from the witness stand, he tosses over a piece of paper, which the lawyer seizes, scans eagerly, and stows carefully away.
He consults some papers for a moment, and then says:
"I wish to recall Francis Lamotte."
Frank comes again upon the stand; his eyes seem fixed on vacancy; his face is white and rigid; his answers come in a dry monotone.
"Mr. Lamotte," begins O'Meara, briskly. "It is understood that you have been a student in Doctor Heath's office."
"That is true."