FORTUNE — U.S. District Judge Denise Cote, who played her cards close to the chest throughout the proceedings of the Department of Justice’s antitrust case against Apple (AAPL), opened up a bit on Wednesday.

It started with the declaration of her feelings for her iPad, and ended with something that could be more material to the outcome of the case.

The bit about the iPad came shortly before lunch, with 50 minutes left on the DOJ’s 29-hour clock and less than half that on Apple’s.

Lisa Rubin, representing Apple, was trying to counter the assertion the government had made in cross-examination that there was nothing “innovative” about the page-turning animation Steve Jobs demonstrated at the launch of the iPad in January 2010.

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