How could I when it wasn't there ?" Mr.Loram paused and looked helplessly at the witness; a suppressed titter arose from the body of the Court, and a faint voice from the bench inquired: "Are you _quite_ incapable of giving a straightforward answer ?" Miss Dobbs' only reply was to burst into tears; whereupon Mr.Loram abruptly sat down and abandoned his re-examination.
The witness-box vacated by Miss Dobbs was occupied successively by Dr.
Norbury, Mr.Hurst, and the cloak-room attendant, none of whom contributed any new facts, but merely corroborated the statements made by Mr.Jellicoe and the housemaid.

Then came the labourer who discovered the bones at Sidcup, and who repeated the evidence that he had given at the inquest, showing that the remains could not have been lying in the watercress-bed more than two years.

Finally Dr.Summers was called, and, after he had given a brief description of the bones that he had examined, was asked by Mr.Loram: "You have heard the description that Mr.Jellicoe has given of the testator ?" "I have." "Does that description apply to the person whose remains you examined ?" "In a general way, it does." "I must ask you for a direct answer--yes or no.

Does it apply ?" "Yes.

But I ought to say that my estimate of the height of the deceased is only approximate." "Quite so.