“I saw him. He was standing at the couch with his back toward me, and he was leaning over the person who was lying on the couch—yourself.”
“We will say that it was I, for the present, if it pleases you, although I was at that time in my own bed in the city of New York. Now what was your brother doing?”
“I did not know. He had a bottle in his hand—an ordinary four-ounce vial.”
“The bottle which you afterward supposed contained chloroform?”
“Yes.”
“And your supposition was that he had been administering it to the person who was lying on the couch?”
“In the light of what I saw subsequently—yes.”
“Now, when he turned away from the man on the couch, did you see his face plainly? I want you to be sure about this. You say it was your brother; I want to know if you saw your brother’s face and so recognized it.”
“I did not see it plainly; no.”
“Was not the room lighted?”