Cranshaw arose to cross-question. "Mr. Miller," he asked, "is there any
way of telling which of those guns is the original and which is the
duplicate. I assume that they are not _both_ duplicates."
"Only the marking on the weapon that was fired after the killing."
"But, Lieutenant Miller, this is not conclusive. Which weapon was used
to kill the dead man--the original or the duplicate?"
"I object. That is irrelevant, immaterial, and incompetent!"
Cranshaw smiled deeply. "It is all three, Counsel. I want to know at
this time who was the killer and who was the duplicate?"