Judge (again interrupting). "No, no, the Lion, according to evidence, distinctly led the children, even took them to Balham, we gather, in the direction of the tram-lines."
Counsel. "Your Lordship is pleased to interrupt my remarks."
Judge. "No, no, not pleased at all; quite the contrary."
Counsel. "I am sorry to have encountered your Lordship's displeasure."
His Lordship (irritably). "You have not encountered anything yet, save an inability to deal with the evidence, as evidence."
Counsel. "But, my Lord———"
His Lordship. "Hush, do not contradict me. Please continue; I shall not interrupt again."
Counsel. "I thank your Lordship for that assurance."
His Lordship. "Please do not thank me, and do not provoke me."
Counsel (proceeds, slightly ruffled). He would take another case of Biblical history; it was without question an ass who had upon a certain occasion been the one to see when a Lion had stood in his path. Here the case was unhappily reversed; it was only the asses who couldn't see the Lion, as he ought to be seen in this case.