Witness. "Quite three months."
The Attorney-general. "Did she then return to England with her husband?"
Witness. "Not for another month. They went to Italy, and I went with them."
The Attorney-general. "Did the prisoner's attentions to his wife undergo any marked change after her convalescence? Was he more affectionate--more lovingly attentive?"
Witness. "Not that I saw. All he seemed to crave for was excitement. It was nothing but rushing here and rushing there. Every night some theatre or entertainment to go to; every day riding about, and dining out at different places."
The Attorney-general. "So that there was not much of home life?"
Witness. "None at all."
The Attorney-general. "Was this state of things agreeable to your mistress?"
Witness. "I am not sure. Sometimes she suggested to her husband that they should spend a quiet evening at home, but he always replied that he had tickets, or had taken seats, for some place of entertainment. When she spoke to me of the life they were leading, she used to say how attentive her husband was to her, and how he was always looking out for something to amuse her. But I did not regard it in that light; I thought it was more for himself than for her that he kept up such a round of excitement. It helped him to forget."
The Attorney-general. "To forget what?"