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 "I can't remember."

"Where did these visits take place?"

"At the Twenty-second and Twenty-fourth street studios and in the Tower."

"And on these occasions were you two alone?"

"Yes."

"Did you partake of refreshments there?"

"Yes."

"Were you drugged again?"

"No."

"Did you have too much wine?"

"Yes."

"What time of the day did these incidents occur?"

"Usually after the theater," replied Mrs. Thaw, wiping the tears from her eyes.

As to the nature of the operation which was performed upon her while she was at school in New Jersey the witness said she knew only what the nurses and doctors told her, that it was for appendicitis.

"Why did you not tell your mother all about your visits?"

"I would rather have died than to tell her," almost shrieked the girl.

During this period the prosecution established the following facts adverse to her:

That this beautiful girl, in the critical character-forming time of her life was practically without religious instruction or training.

That she was an associate of various men of evil