The provocation was great--" "She was not there," protested Mendoza, interrupting the King, for he hardly knew what he was doing.
"She was there, since she confesses to have been in the room.

I do not tolerate interruption when I am speaking.

She was there, and her evidence will be considered.

Even if you did not see her, how can you be sure that your daughter was not there?
Did you search the room?
Did you look behind the curtains ?" "I did not." The stern old man seemed to shrink bodily under the frightful humiliation to which he was subjected.
"Very well, then you cannot swear that she was not in the room.

But you did not see her there.