"Where was the chair in which the deceased was seated? I mean in what
part of the room."

"Pushed close to the left-hand wall and parallel to it."

"Very close?"

"Touching it."

"Under the circumstances could the revolver have been fired so that the
bullet could have taken the course it did if held in the right hand?"

"Hardly. Not unless it was held with extreme awkwardness."

"In your judgment, then, the revolver was fired by a left-handed
person?"

"That is my opinion."

The coroner swelled like a turkey cock as he waved the attorney to take
charge again.

Lane's heart drummed fast. He did not look across the room toward the
girl in the blue tailored suit. But he saw her, just as clearly as
though his eyes had been fastened on her. The detail that stood out in
his imagination was the right arm set in splints and resting in a linen
sling suspended from the neck.

_Temporarily Rose McLean was left-handed_.