"And why not?"
"Because the door to her room was right next to the door to the general front entrance where everybody went in and out and anybody that was around could see." That was another answer he had memorized.
"But you slipped in and out, didn't you?"
"Well, yes, sir—that is, we both decided from the first that the less we were seen together anywhere, the better."
"On account of that factory rule?"
"Yes, sir—on account of that factory rule."
And then the story of his various difficulties with Roberta, due to Miss X coming into his life.
"Now, Clyde, we will have to go into the matter of this Miss X a little. Because of an agreement between the defense and the prosecution which you gentlemen of the jury fully understand, we can only touch on this incidentally, since it all concerns an entirely innocent person whose real name can be of no service here anyhow. But some of the facts must be touched upon, although we will deal with them as light as possible, as much for the sake of the innocent living as the worthy dead. And I am sure Miss Alden would have it so if she were alive. But now in regard to Miss X," he continued, turning to Clyde, "it is already agreed by both sides that you met her in Lycurgus some time in November or December of last year. That is correct, is it not?"
"Yes, sir, that is correct," replied Clyde, sadly.
"And that at once you fell very much in love with her?"