"You drew the plans and specifications for the Glenmore?"
"Yes, they were prepared in my office."
"Were they the same that you see here?"
The coroner motioned toward the roll of plans that had been taken from the files of the Building Department.
"Yes," the architect answered readily, merely glancing at the plans, "those were the plans for the hotel as originally prepared by me."
"Now I want to ask if the Glenmore hotel was built according to these plans?"
The architect hesitated. Every one in the room knew well enough by this time that the building destroyed by fire had not been erected according to these plans, but, nevertheless, they waited eagerly for the reply.
"Few buildings," Hart began explanatorily, "are completed in all respects according to the original plans and specifications."
"Ah, is that so?"
"But these plans were very considerably altered," the witness continued voluntarily.