While Mrs Edwards was in town one Saturday,
she saw a crash in an avenue: two cars ran into each other. The drivers got
out, and an argument arose between them, but then a policeman arrived. He asked
the drivers what had happened, and then he turned to the crowd which had
collected round and said, ‘Did anyone see the accident ?’ Several people said
they had, and Mrs Edwards was one of
them.
A week later she was asked whether she was
willing to be a witness in a court case concerning the accident, and she said
she was; and a month later, a lawyer was questioning her in court.
She began everything with, ‘I think that....’ until the lawyer got angry
and said, ‘You’re not here to say what you think: you’re here to say what you
know.’
‘I am sorry,’
objected Mrs Edwards, ‘but I’m not a lawyer, so I can’t say things without
thinking.’