Evelyn

1:15:00

Because my face was all swollen
and black and blue.

1:15:03

Because you had fallen down the stairs.

1:15:05

No. That's what Sister Brigid said.

1:15:08

According to Sister Felicity,
you made no attempt...

1:15:10

to deny the fact that you had fallen
down the stairs and bruised your face.

1:15:18

You didn't say otherwise, did you?

1:15:20

No.

1:15:21

l mean, yes.

1:15:22

l'm all mixed up.

1:15:24

So, what really happened...

1:15:27

was exactly what Sister Brigid said
had happened.

1:15:30

And you made up a story
in your letter to your father...

1:15:34

because you wanted to get out
of St. Joseph's...

1:15:36

and you thought a little lie would help.

1:15:39

l didn't lie. l didn't make it up.

1:15:41

l know it must be a frightening
experience for you, Evelyn...

1:15:45

being a little girl in a big court like this.

1:15:48

You must try not to be scared. Even though
you're alone in front of all these people.

1:16:06

l'm not scared anymore, Your Lordship,
and l'm not alone.

1:16:10

My granddad is here with me.

1:16:13

See. He's letting us know he's here.

1:16:17

Your Lordship, the child's grandfather
died some months ago.

1:16:20

She obviously has a very...

1:16:23

vivid imagination.

1:16:26

Now, child...

1:16:29

let me ask you one last time...

1:16:31

do you remember falling in the corridor
and hitting your face on the stairs?

1:16:35

No, l didn't fall on the stairs.

1:16:37

l was going to tell Sister Felicity
what really happened...

1:16:41

but then l thought
it would only get Sister Brigid into trouble.

1:16:44

So, l prayed that God
would forgive Sister Brigid for hitting me.

1:16:47

This is a preposterous assertion.

1:16:50

Why on earth
would the good Sister hit you?

1:16:52

Because l said she shouldn't belt Annette
for getting her catechism wrong.

1:16:56

Poor little innocent. Shame on you.

1:16:58

She was better off with Desmond Doyle.
l can see that now.