The magistrate leaned back again, and began to tap his finger-nails with a blue pencil.
"The policeman told me it was twenty minutes to two, or something like that."
"He knows you?"
"Yes."
"Have you no watch?"
"No."
"Have you ever before asked him the time?"
"Yes, it has happened."
"The town hall is near, there's a clock."
"One forgets to look, and then it was snowing."