Stenographer read what the prisoner said on this topic." A rustling of leaves, distinctly to be heard in the deathlike silence of the room, was followed by the reading of this reply and answer: "_Yet you cannot say which of these two overcoats you put on when you left your home an hour or so after finishing your dinner ?_" "_I cannot.

I was in no condition to notice.

I was bent on going into town and, on coming downstairs, I went straight to the rack and pulled on the first things that offered._" The prisoner stood immobile but with a deepening line gathering on his brow until the last word fell.

Then he said: "I forgot.

I went for the key before I put on my overcoat.