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The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories Contents Cover Title Page 1 The Witness for the Prosecution 2 The Red Signal 3 The Fourth Man 4 S.O.S. 5 Wireless 6 The Mystery of the Blue Jar 7 Sing a Song of Sixpence 8 Mr. Eastwood’s Adventure 9 Philomel Cottage 10 Accident 11 The Second Gong About the Author The Agatha Christie Collection Related Products Copyright About the Publisher One THE WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION “The Witness for the Prosecution” was first published in the USA as “Traitor Hands” in Flynn’s Weekly, 31 January 1925. Mr. Mayherne adjusted his pince-nez and cleared his throat with a little dry-as-dust cough that was wholly typical of him. Then he looked again at the man opposite him, the man charged with wilful murder. Mr. Mayherne was a small man precise in manner, neatly, not to say foppishly dressed, with a pair of very shrewd and piercing grey eyes. By no means a fool. Indeed, as a solicitor, Mr. Mayherne’s reputation stood very high. His voice, when he spoke to his client, was dry but not unsymp......