I can only speak of what I have seen others do." "That is sufficient.

You ought to be able to tell, then, from what direction this arrow came." "It--it must have come from this side of the gallery.

Not from this section, as you call it, but from some one of the other open places along here." "Why not from this one ?" "Because there was nobody here but me," was the simple and seemingly ingenuous answer.
It gave them an unexpected surprise.

Innocence would speak in this fashion.

But then the bow--the bow which was lying not a dozen feet from where they stood! Nothing could eliminate that bow.
After a short consultation between themselves, which the Englishman seemed not to notice, the Coroner addressed him with the soothing remark: "Mr.Travis, you must not misunderstand me.