"She would not give me her name."
"But you loaned her the money?"
"She cried and was so poor I took pity——"
"Enough," said Shagarach in temper. "Mr. Henderson!"
Mr. Henderson replaced Rabofsky a second time.
"You were about to say that you inquired of Mrs. Rabofsky where her husband obtained the pipe, were you not?"
"Yes, sir, I asked her that."
"What was her answer?"
"That it was his own pipe he had smoked for eleven years."
This statement produced a visible effect on the spectators. It concluded the defense for Walter Riley. After the prosecuting attorneys had pleaded for sentence, Shagarach briefly addressed the judge.