'Well—what did you think of it?'
'I didn't think of it at all. It wasn't one of the cheques you told me to draw about that time ago. If I had thought, I should have supposed it was your private business.'
'I was not aware, Checkley, that I have any private affairs that you do not know.'
'Well—but you might have.'
'True. I might have. Just so. As I haven't—who, I ask you again—who is this Edmund Gray?'
'I don't know.'
'Have you ever heard of any Edmund Gray?'
'Never to my knowledge.'
'This is the first time you have heard that name?' the lawyer persisted.
'The very first time.'