Q. Did you see him long there? A. No; for M‘Dougal and I ran out of the room into the passage, and stopped there upwards of a quarter of an hour.
Q. When you returned, did you see the old woman?
A. No.
Q. Did you ask after her? A. No. I had my suspicion.
Q. What, that she was murdered? A. Yes.
Q. Did you two lie down in the bed? A. Not immediately.
Q. Where were you when Burke was lying on the old woman? A. I thought, before, I was in the bed, but I think now I was between the door and the bed.
Q. How many minutes was he on her? A. Not many.
Q. Where was M‘Dougal? A. I don’t exactly know.
Q. Which went first out at the door? A. It was I.