As Joe Doakes is reading the newspaper, he begins to talk to himself. Questioned by his wife, he explains that he is disturbed by the paper's account of the ways that a government investigative committee has been interrogating its witnesses. Joe then nods off, and imagines that he is being questioned by the committee. He envisages how satisfying it would be to turn the tables on the investigators.
The Witness
With committees arising like weeds to investigate anyone for anything, Mr. Doakes fantasizes how he would handle his inquisitors if ever summoned as the subject of a hearing.
