Wait to see if you can object
"Miss Boleyn, how long have you worked at Ellen Brown School for
Girls?" asks Miss Mursome.
"Five years."
"Mr. Anderson, the defendant, came to Ellen Brown when?"
"In my second year of teaching."
"Have you, ever, since he came, had a meaningful conversation
with this man?"
"Yes."
"When was it, and what was said?"
"Up until this year, I had no desire to know him...he seemed
undereducated and rude. But this year, in fact, the very day before
the fire, we spoke. He asked me if I approved of the way the school
was run. I said yes, but the look on his face told me that he did not
approve."
"Ah," Miss Mursome says. "Concrete evidence that Chris
Anderson is just the kind of cruel man who would try to burn down a
school..."
"Objection!" you say. "That's a melodramatic and
exaggerated speech!"
"Overruled!" snaps Ms. Fishburn.
You...
After a few more trivial questions, Mrs. Kent steps down. The next
witness is called...Miss Boleyn, better known as Boleyn the Butcher.
