"I don't know that I told them about that."
"I think it probable that you did not. Mr. Taunton, what is your profession?"
The witness gripped the rail in front of him.
"I have none."
"May I ask, then, how you earn your living?"
"As best I can."
Mr. Bates turned to the judge.
"I think it possible, my lord, that I may be able to throw a flood of light upon what the witness means by saying that he earns his living as best he can. Mr. Taunton, when did you last come out of gaol?"
Obviously the witness gripped the rail in front of him still tighter. The moisture gleamed upon his forehead.
"That has nothing to do with it."