"No, Mr. Thady niver went there."
"Did you ever say anything to him about not going there?"
"Oh, I did; we were discoursing about it."
"And what did you say to him on the subject?"
"Why, I towld him av he guv the boys a promise, he oughts never to go back from his word."
"That is to say, you endeavoured to persuade him to go?"
"By-dad, I don't know about persuading; it warn't for the likes of me to persuade him."
"On your oath, sir, didn't you endeavour to induce the prisoner to go to Mrs. Mulready's?"
"I towld him he ought to be as good as his word."
"Yes, you did; and you think he ought to have gone?"