Mary Cassatt painting

Mary Cassatt painting
But this interruption, this - this accusation, had utterly upset the witness. She began contradicting herself hopelessly. The man she had seen hurrying by in the semi-darkness below was tall - no, he was short. He was thin - no, he was a stoutish young man. And as to whether he was carrying anything, there was quite an acrimonious discussion.
Mary Cassatt painting
Most positively, most confidently, the witness declared that she had seen a newspaper parcel under his arm; it had bulged out at the back - so she declared. But it was proved, very gently and firmly, that she had said nothing of the kind to the gentleman from Scotland Yard who had taken down her first account - in fact, to him she had declared confidently that the man had carried nothing - nothing at all; that she had seen his arms swinging up and down.
Mary Cassatt painting