The Attorney-General shook his head helplessly, whereupon the Deemster, with a severe face, turned back to the witness.
"You are a qualified medical practitioner?"
"I am," said the witness, straightening himself.
"Then of course you know that for a doctor to examine a woman against her will and without a magistrate's order is to commit an offence for which he may be severely punished?"
The pugnacious mouth opened like a dying oyster.
"Y-es, your Honour."
"Therefore you did not examine her?"
"N-o, your Honour."
"And you know nothing of her condition?"
"No——"