RUTH comes into court, and takes her stand stoically in the witness-box. She is sworn.       

       FROME. What is your name, please?     

       RUTH. Ruth Honeywill.     

       FROME. How old are you?     

       RUTH. Twenty-six.     

       FROME. You are a married woman, living with your husband? A little louder.     

       RUTH. No, sir; not since July.     

       FROME. Have you any children?     

       RUTH. Yes, sir, two.     

       FROME. Are they living with you?     

       RUTH. Yes, sir.     

       FROME. You know the prisoner?     

       RUTH. [Looking at him] Yes.     

       FROME. What was the nature of your relations with him?     

       RUTH. We were friends.     

       THE JUDGE. Friends?     

       RUTH. [Simply] Lovers, sir.     

       THE JUDGE. [Sharply] In what sense do you use that word?     

       RUTH. We love each other.     

       THE JUDGE. Yes, but——     

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