"No, the sticky hot weather, it was chafing my wrist--I'd taken it off at my apartment. Well, when it was over I got back to my car, made the turn in my mother's driveway--" _Sorry, Herb, manner of speaking: she's a very important lady, you know how 'tis_--"and I guess that was the way Miss Welsh described it." "Do you recall seeing Dr. Chalmers on the porch, turning on the light?" "I think so. I was clumsy with the gears, backing and turning. Then I held up all right till I got home." "And then?" "I found I'd left the apartment door open. I remember closing it and leaning back against it. Then I was on my knees--I don't mean I fainted, I don't think I did. I think--does this sound possible?--I think I just fell asleep. Remember being on my knees, dropping forward on my hands, thinking how soft the rug would be if I could hitch over to it, and I must have done so, because when I came out of--it seemed like a sleep--I was there on the rug with my handbag for a pillow. After I got up I couldn't stop shaking for a long while. I wanted a shower, but couldn't make my fingers take hold of my clothes. The shoes were the worst. Did finally, had the shower too I think, and dozed off again. I didn't see the sun come up--it was in my eyes when I woke. By ten o'clock I'd pulled myself together somehow, got dressed. I called Edith. I knew I'd have to call the police." "You hadn't done anything with the brandy bottle after you first saw it had been moved?" "No, I hadn't, and I did nothing with it that morning--just left everything as it was. I supposed that was the right thing to do. But I didn't get up my courage to call the police until after my stepfather had telephoned me, and told me about finding Ann's body. I think it was about eleven o'clock that he called." "And when you did call the police, what you got was Sergeant Rankin." "Yes." _When we get this one over with we're done, aren't we, Cecil? Except for--except for_--"He turned up about twelve o'clock." "You recall his testimony on the stand?" "Yes. It was accurate except for what it left out, and his denials to you in cross-examination." "Before we go into that, do you want to tell your side of that thing about the aquarium, Callista?"