So he told him again and he repeated it. Then the clerk goes on: “... that the evidence I give....”
“Yes,” says Kilsheelan.
“Say those words, if you please.”
“The words! Och, give me the head of ’em again!”
So he told him again and he repeated it. Then the clerk goes on: “ ... shall be the truth....”
“It will,” says Kilsheelan.
“ ... and nothing but the truth....”
“Yes, begod, indeed!”
“Say ‘nothing but the truth,’” roared the clerk.
“No!” says Kilsheelan.