“You confess, then, that last night, between ten and eleven you were at
Valpinson?”
“No, sir, I do not.”
“But this cartridge-case which I have just shown you was picked up at
Valpinson, close by the ruins of the old castle.”
“Well, sir, have I not told you before that I have seen a hundred times
children pick up these cases to play with? Besides, if I had really been
at Valpinson, why should I deny it?”