“You were perfectly sober?”
“About as sober as you are now.”
At this last observation there was another titter.
“Your answers are by no means satisfactory, and personal remarks are both unseemly and impertinent,” said the lawyer, in a severe tone. “I will not ask you any further questions. The Court will be able to draw their own inference of your conduct and demeanour. You may stand down.”
Henry Adolphus, radiant in his new livery, was placed in the box.
His statement was much the same as that sworn to on the inquest.
“And that’s all you know about the matter?” said Mr. Slapperton.
“Yes, sir, that is all,” answered the footman.
“Look at the prisoner. Does he resemble the man you saw running across the fields?”
“I shouldn’t like to say for certain, but he does resemble him.”