"I'd been having a glass or two."
"Do you mean to say that because you were drunk you shot this unfortunate man?"
"I made a mistake; that's how it was."
"You made a mistake?"
"I must have been as near drunk as might be, because, when I come upon this here chap sudden like, I thought he was Mr Hugh Morice."
"You thought he was Mr Hugh Morice?"
"I did."
"Remember you are not bound to answer any question if you would rather not. Bearing that well in mind, do you wish me to understand that you intended to shoot Mr Morice?"
"Of course I did."
"But why?"