“Did you see the last witness, Hester Reed, go into the back kitchen for a spoon and saucer?”
“I saw her go and fetch ’em from somewhere,” replied Ann Dovey, who felt instinctively the ball was beginning, and gave the reins to her temper accordingly.
“Did you take charge of the pill-box while she was gone?”
“I had it in my hand, if you mean that.”
“Did anybody come into the kitchen during that interval?”
“No they didn’t,” was the tart response.
“You were alone, except for the two infants?”
“I were. What of it?”
“Now, witness, did you do anything with that box? Did you, for instance, exchange it for another?”