CHAPTER XII
“Mrs. Charity Coe Cheever, take the stand....”
“Ju swear tell tru thole tru noth buth tru thelpugod?”
“I do.”
McNiven, in the direct examination, asked only such questions as Charity easily answered with proud denials of guilt. Beattie began the cross-examination with a sneering scorn of her good faith.
“Mrs. Cheever, you are the co-respondent in this case of Dyckman versus Dyckman?”
“I am.”
“And on this night you went motoring with defendant?”
“Yes.”
“Was his wife with you?”