"Positive of that?"
"Why, yes; I was ill—or, rather, just convalescing from a fever. Dr. Whipple called, I believe, to see me that very Saturday."
"In the forenoon or afternoon?"
"Afternoon."
"About what hour?"
"About 3:45."
"And this fire started at 3:30?"
"I heard a witness say so in the testimony yesterday."
"Of your own knowledge you couldn't say when it started?"
"No, sir."