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such as you, yourself, Mrs. Wyatt,
in your maidenly days.
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Surely, you must remember.
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Yes.
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- Helpless, crushed by the...
- I object!
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- Objection's overruled.
- I note an exception!
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I note that my worthy opponent
is exceptionally able at noting exceptions.
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Quiet. Proceed.
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Gentlemen...
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my only object in being here
is to try and get at the truth.
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For that purpose, Your Honor,
I call as witness the defendant...
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Miss Dixie Lee.
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Miss Lee, you will take the stand.
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Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth,
the whole truth...
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and nothing but the truth,
so help you God?
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I do.
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You are under oath to tell only the truth.
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You'll therefore answer my questions
to the best of your ability...
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and in your own words.
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At the death of your father
and your dear mother...
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- just how old were you?
- I was 15.
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Left in comfortable circumstances?
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My father had been ill
as long as I could remember...
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and my mother's health had broken
nursing him.
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They left me without anything.
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Now, it isn't my purpose to humiliate you,
Miss Lee, in front of these people...
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but I must ask you to tell them
just what followed.
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Tell the jury.
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Well, I got work in the public library.
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I met a man who said he loved me.
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We were married secretly.
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And then I found out that he already had
a wife and that our marriage was a fake.