"It is grey," said Lord Fawn.
"Perhaps it's not the same shade of grey, Lord Fawn. You see, my
lord, we are most anxious not to impute guilt where guilt doesn't
lie. You are a witness for the Crown, and, of course, you will tell
the Crown lawyers all that passes here. Were it possible, we would
make this little preliminary inquiry in their presence;--but we can
hardly do that. Mr. Finn's coat was a very much smaller coat."
"I should think it was," said his lordship, who did not like being
questioned about coats.
"You don't think the coat the man wore when you saw him was a big
coat like that? You think he wore a little coat?"
"He wore a grey coat," said Lord Fawn.
"This is grey;--a coat shouldn't be greyer than that."
"I don't think Lord Fawn should be asked any more questions on the
matter till he gives his evidence in court," said Mr. Camperdown.
"A man's life depends on it, Mr. Camperdown," said the barrister. "It
isn't a matter of cross-examination. If I bring that coat into court
I must make a charge against another man by the very act of doing so.
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