No, he would brazen it out, for after all his word was as good as hers.

With the prisoner came an accuser, her husband, who seemed sick, and he it was who opened the case against her.
"This woman," he said, "was my wife.

I divorced her for barrenness, as I have a right to do according to our ancient law, and I took another woman to wife, her half-sister.

This woman was jealous; she plagued me continually, and insulted her sister, so that I was forced to drive her away.

After that she came to my house, and though they said nothing of it at the time, she was seen by two servants of mine to sprinkle something in the bowl wherein our food was cooking.