Spider Light
“Don had been trying to rape her, and she had been terrified. He had killed her brother, and she had been afraid he was going to kill her as well.
The prosecution made much of this. ‘But you’ve just said, Dr Weston, that you thought Don Robards was going to rape you. In the same breath you’re saying he was trying to kill you. Which was it?’ Antonia said coldly, ‘When you’re pinned down by a murderer, you’re not in any condition to form precise conclusions. He was behaving violently, and as well ...as that his intentions were obviously sexual—’ ‘You’re sure of that, are you?’ ‘Oh, for pity’s sake, he had an erection like a gate post and his hands were inside my sweater!’ said Antonia angrily, and was aware of the entire press bench frantically scribbling in their notebooks.
‘So you stabbed him.’ ‘I grabbed the knife which was lying on the floor, but it might just as well have been the brass doorstop. I simply hit out with whatever came to hand.’ ‘And the thing that came to hand was the knife.’ ‘Yes.MoreLess
The prosecution made much of this. ‘But you’ve just said, Dr Weston, that you thought Don Robards was going to rape you. In the same breath you’re saying he was trying to kill you. Which was it?’ Antonia said coldly, ‘When you’re pinned down by a murderer, you’re not in any condition to form precise conclusions. He was behaving violently, and as well ...as that his intentions were obviously sexual—’ ‘You’re sure of that, are you?’ ‘Oh, for pity’s sake, he had an erection like a gate post and his hands were inside my sweater!’ said Antonia angrily, and was aware of the entire press bench frantically scribbling in their notebooks.
‘So you stabbed him.’ ‘I grabbed the knife which was lying on the floor, but it might just as well have been the brass doorstop. I simply hit out with whatever came to hand.’ ‘And the thing that came to hand was the knife.’ ‘Yes.MoreLess
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