But Le Drieux's attorneys were skillful fighters and did not relish defeat.

They advanced the theory that the motion picture, just shown, had been made at a later dale and substituted for the one mentioned in the minutes of the meeting.

They questioned Goldstein, who admitted that he had never seen Jones until a few days previous.

The manager denied, however, any substitution of the picture.
He was not a very satisfactory witness for the defense and Colby was sorry he had summoned him.
As for the judge, he seemed to accept the idea of the substitution with alacrity.

He had practically decided against Jones in the matter of the pearls.