“Do you ask the jury to believe you?”
“I ask them to—yes! Yes! I ask them to.”
“Do you expect them to?”
“Oh, they ought to.”
“If you had been guilty of misconduct would you admit it?”
“Yes.”
“Do you expect them to believe that?”
“If they knew me they would.”
“Well, we haven't all the privilege of knowing you as well as the defendant does. You may step down, Mrs. Cheever, thank you.”
McNiven rose. “One moment, Mrs. Cheever. You testified on direct examination that the defendant left you immediately after the waiter did?”