“Were you not sharp enough to see that?”
“No; I had no such idea as that they would be guilty of such a thing.”
“One-fifth more soot was brought down by the machine than by the boys?”
“Yes; so they said.”
“Do you mean to say, that the man who worked the machine acted unfairly?”
“Yes.”
“Do you know where he got the soot?”
“He brought it from one fire-place to another, that was not to be swept after the machine.”
“Have not your boys a desire to win, when they are brought for experiments of that kind?”
“Yes; but there were unfair means; which was quite a sufficient excuse for them.”