:53:01
Can you put your question
a little differently, Mr. Dancer?
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- Has your husband struck you in a rage?
- No, Your Honor.
:53:07
I think Mr. Dancer's fishing now.
What's the relevance of this question?
:53:10
Your Honor, the shoe is squeezing
Mr. Biegler's foot.
:53:12
In his own words,
this is not a high school debate.
:53:14
This is a cross-examination
in a murder trial.
:53:17
Proceed, Mr. Dancer.
:53:23
Did you ever go out socially
in Thunder Bay?
:53:26
Yes, a few times.
:53:28
When your husband's outfit moved
to Thunder Bay, didn't Barney Quill...
:53:31
throw a cocktail party
for the officers and their wives?
:53:34
Didn't your husband strike a young
second lieutenant at this party?
:53:38
There was a little scuffle.
It wasn't much.
:53:41
- What was it about?
- I'm not sure I remember.
:53:44
- Were you too drunk to remember?
- No, I was not.
:53:49
I think it was because...
:53:51
the lieutenant was cutting in too much
when I was dancing with my husband.
:53:55
Shortly after on the verandah, didn't
your husband slap you hard enough...
:53:58
so that you fell against the wall?
:54:03
- He was drinking.
- Wasn't this a jealous rage?
:54:05
- I don't know!
- Do you remember why he struck you?
:54:09
Wasn't he enraged at you because he
thought you'd encouraged the young man?
:54:14
- He might have thought so.
- There are witnesses to this affair.
:54:16
I'll ask you again.
Wasn't this a jealous rage?
:54:19
I guess you could call it that.
:54:23
Now I'll ask you.
:54:26
On the night of the shooting...
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what did you swear?
:54:30
What oath did you take on the rosary?
:54:34
- It was about Barney Quill raping me.
- Why did you swear on the rosary...
:54:37
that he raped you?
:54:40
For the reason my husband said--
because I was hysterical!
:54:42
That was the reason he gave for asking
you to swear. What was it for swearing?
:54:45
- So he'd believe me.
- Why shouldn't he?
:54:47
Objection! The reason for the use
of the rosary has been established.
:54:50
These questions are immaterial.
:54:52
No, I think I'll take
the answer, Mr. Biegler.
:54:55
I'll ask you again, Mrs. Manion.
Why shouldn't he believe you?