Henri Matisse Painting

Henri Matisse Painting
The coroner looked down at something lying on his desk. "Let me see! Here is the plan. Yes - I think I understand that the house in which you are lodging exactly faces the alley where the two crimes were committed?"
And there arose a quick, futile discussion. The house did not face the alley, but the window of the witness's bedroom faced the alley.
Henri Matisse Painting
A distinction without a difference," said the coroner testily. "And now tell us as clearly and quickly as you can what you saw when you looked out."
There fell a dead silence on the crowded court. And then the woman broke out, speaking more volubly and firmly than she had yet done. "I saw 'im!" she cried. "I shall never forget it - no, not till my dying day!" And she looked round defiantly.
Henri Matisse Painting