“I don’t think I need ask you the third question, then,” said Dennis. “You can begin your examination now.”
“Now, Mr. Burnham,” Fuller commenced, “you quite understand that anything you say will be taken down in writing, and may be used as evidence against you?”
“I assure you I have a keen appreciation of the gravity of the situation,” Dennis replied seriously.
“Well,” said Fuller. “I’ll begin with an easy one—one that won’t tax your powers of observation beyond endurance.”
“Yes,” I urged, “let him down gently. He does his best.”
“What profession does the owner of that knife follow?”
Hilderman and I laughed.
“We may as well count that answer as read,” he said.
“There’s a catch there, Dennis,” I warned him. “The legal designation is ‘mariner.’”