That's all." Simple words, read or repeated; but in that crowded court-room, with every ear strained to catch the lie which seemed the only refuge for the man so hemmed in by circumstance, these words, uttered without the least attempt at effect, fell with a force which gave new life to such as wished to see this man acquitted.
His counsel, as if anxious to take advantage of this very expectation to heighten the effect of what followed, proceeded immediately to inquire: "When did you see your sister Adelaide for the last time alive ?" A searching question.

What would be his reply?
A very quiet one.
"That night at the dinner-table.

When I left the room, I turned to look at her.

She was not looking at me; so I slammed the door and went upstairs.

In an hour or so, I had left the house to get a drink.