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Turnover, who stepped briskly into the witness-box, and 

 proceeded to remove her right-hand glove, preparatory to 

 being sworn. 



" Not quite so jaunty in jouv bearing, my dear Miss 

 Turnover, please," whispered her solicitor in her ear. "And it 

 might be useful to us if 3'ou would arrange to weep, in, say, 

 about ten minutes to a quarter of an hour's time," he added. 



Mr. Poky-Snowsin then crept silently back to his seat in the 

 well of the Court, and the fair Tottie proceeded to give her 

 evidence in chief, fully corroborating all that her eloquent and 

 learned Counsel had said already in his opening statement to 

 the jury. Then Mr. Clifford Sinn, having gently subsided into 

 his seat again, Mr. Eonald Dennison rose to have his turn, and 

 the whole of the audience settled themselves down to listen 

 to the cross-examination. 



After a few unimportant preliminary ' feelers,' Eonald 

 said, in an indifferent voice — 



" By the way, Miss Turnover, your learned Counsel has 

 spoken of you as a young girl. I know what odium I shall 

 incur in putting this question, but it is one which I am bound, 

 in the interests of the defendant, to ask. I must ask you what 

 is your age ? ' ' 



" Eeally, my Lord," began Mr. Silky, " what has this to do 

 with the case '? I must " 



But here Mr. Justice Smotherum, who wanted to know 

 himself, promptly overruled the objection, and ordered the 

 witness to answer the question. 



Tottie tossed her head disdainfully, and then said — 



" I'm just twen " 



" One moment," interrupted Eonald. " It's only fair to you. 



