She was his stenographer.

But she came only in the mornings and always left at lunch-time.

The question immediately asked by the jury--"Where did she generally have lunch ?"--was disallowed by the coroner.

Asked by a member of the jury what system of shorthand she used, she answered, "Pitman's." Asked by another juryman whether she ever cared to go to moving pictures, she said that she went occasionally.

This created a favourable impression.