"She had on her hat, but no coat. The last time I saw her she was dressed for the street."
"Did you notice anything unusual about the accused when you met her in the hall?"
"She looked excited and frightened, and very pale."
The judge advocate smiled with satisfaction; he was piling up damaging facts against Nancy. He signed to Warren to cross-examine the witness; but his smile changed to a frown when he read Warren's first question.
"Will you kindly explain to this court how you could see in a dark hall that Miss Newton 'looked excited and frightened, and very pale,' when you have just testified that you are too near-sighted to have seen so large an object as a bottle or a pocket-book in Miss Newton's hands?"
"I do-don't understand?" quavered Mrs. Lewis. The judge advocate repeated the question with more emphasis.
"I guess I just thought she looked excited and frightened," admitted the confused old lady reluctantly.
"That is all," exclaimed Warren, and Mrs. Lewis left the chair dissolved in tears.
CHAPTER XXIII