I can separate up the Book of Genesis into its component documents as well as any man living, and I'm quite capable of telling by internal evidence, that is to say by considerations of style and matter, whether any particular verse is written by the same man that wrote the verse before.

Now in both respects, matter and style, I recognise in your story the strongest possible evidence of fabrication.
Any literary critic who knew his business would agree with me.

In the first place, Miss King wouldn't have run to meet that judge.

She'd have run away from him if she ran at all." "It was to him she did run," said Callaghan, "and what's more--" "In the second place," said Meldon, "the judge wouldn't have spoken that way to Patsy Flaherty.

If he'd wanted to have the car stopped he'd have said, 'Pull up for a minute, my good man,' or words to that effect." "Well," said Callaghan, "it might have been that he said.