"A great deal taller."
"You are sure of this?"
"I am sure and certain. Why else should I say so?"
"Go on with your evidence."
"A minute or so afterwards, as I sat with my back to the plateau and my head in my lap, I heard a gun go off behind me."
"Did that startle you?" asked an interrupting juryman.
"No, I am not nervous. If I had known it was let off on the plateau it might have startled me, on account of the young ladies being there; but I thought it was only from some passing vessel."
"It is singular you should have thought so lightly of it. It is not common to hear a gun fired on a Sunday night."
"You'd find it common enough if you lived here, sir. What with rabbit and other game shooters, and signals from boats, it is nothing in this neighbourhood to hear a gun go off, and it's what nobody pays any attention to."
"Therefore you did not?"