'Oh! You were a partner with him!'
The jury seemed surprised, and the coroner wrote again: 'What was your share in the business?'
'I don't know.'
'You don't know? Surely that is rather singular?'
'My father took me in Co. not long since. We signed a deed, but I forget what was in it. My place was principally on the bank, not in the office.'
'And so you were being pressed by creditors?'
'Yes. And we were behind with the rent.'
'Was the landlord pressing you, too?'
Anna lowered her eyes, fearful lest every head had turned towards her.
'Not then; he had been—she, I mean.'