It's too direct, too brutal; there's something about that question, something mean, dirty.

Ask another." "Very good," said the attorney.

"Then tell me, Mr.Throgton, if you ever saw this blue envelope before ?" He held up in his hand a long blue envelope.
"Never in my life," said Throgton.
"Of course he didn't," said the coroner.

"Let's have a look at it.

What is it ?" "This envelope, your Honour, was found sticking out of the waistcoat pocket of the deceased." "You don't say," said the coroner.