"Well, I did swim that distance then—yes, sir."
"Yes, you did indeed—and pretty good for a fellow who couldn't swim thirty-five feet to an overturned boat, I'll say," concluded Mason.
Here Jephson waved aside Belknap's suggestion that he move to have this comment stricken out.
Clyde was now dragged over his various boating and swimming experiences and made to tell how many times he had gone out on lakes in craft as dangerous as canoes and had never had an accident.
"The first time you took Roberta out on Crum Lake was in a canoe, wasn't it?"
"Yes, sir."
"But you had no accident then?"
"No, sir."
"You cared for her then very much, didn't you?"
"Yes, sir."