"I'm sorry to say they had; but it wasn't my husband's fault."
"Did he ask Mr. Boyd for a loan of ten pounds?"
"Yes, sir."
"He hoped it would be granted?"
"We fully expected it, sir."
"The refusal to grant the loan must have been a great disappointment to your husband?"
"It almost broke his heart, sir."
"May that not have exasperated him, and caused him to speak words to Mr. Boyd which might have been construed into a threat?"
"I am sure that could not have happened. My husband was most particular in telling me everything that passed between them, and he didn't use a threatening word. He did ask Mr. Boyd if he believed in God, and Mr. Boyd said no, he didn't."
"Then there was bad blood between them when they parted?"