“I remember entering the cab with Orizaba, and I remember leaving the cab with him at the station; but I do not remember riding in the cars with him.”
“That is not surprising. But go on.”
“I know that when the conductor awakened me and told me we were at the Fells, I left the train alone. Orizaba was not with me then, for I remember distinctly that I left the train alone and walked from the station to the Fells alone.”
“About half a mile.”
“Were you still under the influence of the wine you had drank?”
“Undeniably. In plain English, I was very drunk. So full, in fact, that I remember that I stopped and held several serious arguments with myself during that walk of half a mile.”
“You are sure you talked only to yourself?”
“Why, yes; at least, that is my impression. I am quite sure that Orizaba was not with me then.”
“Yet you are positive that you caught the same train?”