"Under the circumstances could the revolver have been fired so that the bullet could have taken the course it did if held in the right hand?"
"Hardly. Not unless it was held with extreme awkwardness."
"In your judgment, then, the revolver was fired by a left-handed person?"
"That is my opinion."
The coroner swelled like a turkey cock as he waved the attorney to take charge again.
Lane's heart drummed fast. He did not look across the room toward the girl in the blue tailored suit. But he saw her, just as clearly as though his eyes had been fastened on her. The detail that stood out in his imagination was the right arm set in splints and resting in a linen sling suspended from the neck.
Temporarily Rose McLean was left-handed.
"Was it possible that the deceased could have shot himself?"
"Do you mean, is it possible that somebody could have tied him to the chair after he was dead?"
"Yes."