“It must have been. So you did not deny that you were the defendant's wife?”
“You see, it was like this. When Mr. Dyckman asked me to try his new car—”
“You did not deny that you were the defendant's wife?”
“I hadn't the faintest idea that we could have gone so far—”
“Answer the question!”
“But I'm coming to that—”
The judge: “Witness will answer question.”
“But, your Honor, can't I explain? Has he a right to ask these horrible things in that horrible way?”
The lawyer: “We are trying to get at the horrible truth. But if you prefer not to answer I will not press the point. The waiter showed you to the parlor, saying that the rest of the hotel was occupied?”
“Yes.”