Witness: Beggin’ your pardon, sir, I do not know. I ought to know whether I don’t know.
Mr. White Lush: Are you standing on your head or your heels at the present moment?
Witness did not reply.
Magistrate: Do you mean to tell the court seriously that you are not aware whether, at the time referred to, you were standing on your head or your heels?
Witness: I wouldn’t swear to it, my lordship, one way or another.
Mr. White Lush: What did you do when the music stopped?
Witness: I flopped.
Mr. White Lush: Did you flop on your head or your heels?
Witness: I couldn’t take it upon myself to say, sir.