[Indignantly.] I shall go to the police.
George Winter.
D’you think you’ve got a plausible story to tell them? It sounds devilish improbable that a business man, a chairman of half a dozen companies, should sign documents without looking at them. Bennett and I will swear that you carefully read everything that was put before you—as, indeed, was your duty, my dear friend—and fully understood the nature of your act.
Etchingham.
Mr. Bennett, you’ll testify that I never realized for a moment what I was doing. You told me they were purely formal documents. I saw George sign them. I added my signature without hesitation.
George Winter.
I think Mr. Bennett would be more than human if he cleared you at his own expense.
Bennett.
If there were any trouble, my lord, I should have to tell the truth.
Etchingham.