Witness. "My mistress told me he was twenty-four."
The Attorney-general. "Was she well-formed?"
Witness. "No."
The Attorney-general. "Had she a good figure?"
Witness. "No."
The Attorney-general. "Many plain women have some peculiar attraction, either in manners or features. Had she anything of this kind to distinguish her?"
Witness. "I cannot say she had."
The Attorney-general. "But there might have been other attractions. Was she brilliant in conversation?"
Witness. "On the contrary. She had very little to say for herself upon general subjects."
The Attorney-general. "But she was passionately in love with the prisoner?"