Witness. "I don't exactly know how to describe it. She loved and hated him all at once. She was torn to pieces with love and jealousy."
The Attorney-general. "Is that all you can tell us upon this subject?"
Witness. "That is all."
The Attorney-general. "I come now to the second subject. It is concerning the prisoner's family. You have informed us that not one was present at the wedding, and that not one recognized the union by sending a wedding present. Now, are you aware whether he had parents, or brothers or sisters?"
Witness. "All that I heard was that he had a father living. But I did not hear that till more than a year after the marriage."
The Attorney-general. "Who told you then?"
Witness. "My mistress. Although she confided nearly everything to me, she kept this to herself for a long time."
The Attorney-general. "Did not her father, Mr. Beach, speak about it?"
Witness. "I never heard him; I had very little to do with him. I had understood, at the time of the marriage, that Mr. Layton's father was abroad, but I had reason to believe afterwards that this was not so--that he was in England."
The Attorney-general. "Did the prisoner ever speak of it?"