"It is not a fact that I administered the morphine, but I supposed that she would so testify, judging from what she saw."
"Judging honestly?"
"Yes. Judging honestly."
"So that this professional nurse, accustomed herself to using hypodermic syringes, had a right, as you admit, to judge from what she saw, that you administered morphine to the patient?"
"She saw me taking away the syringe, and of course could conclude that I inserted the needle myself. Nevertheless her opinion was only an opinion; it was not knowledge."
"Very well. You admit that she had a right to her opinion, and that you suspected what that opinion would be. Now, of course you realized, being an intellectual man, that such evidence would weigh against you?"
"I fully appreciated the gravity of the situation."
"And that if not refuted, this testimony almost alone, would tend towards a conviction?"
"Yes."
"Therefore you decided to claim that the drug was self-administered, knowing that the administration would be proved?"