Witness. "I never heard him."
The Attorney-general. "Did the prisoner's father never come to the house?"
Witness. "Never."
The Attorney-general. "Do you know whether he is alive at the present time?"
Witness. "I heard that he was dead. My mistress said so."
The Attorney-general. "Did the prisoner go into mourning?"
Witness. "He wore crape upon his hat for several weeks."
The Attorney-general. "Now, concentrate your attention upon the day and the night of the 25th of March. I wish you to narrate, concisely, all that passed, within your own knowledge, concerning the prisoner and his wife from the morning of the 25th of March until the morning of the 26th."
Witness. "At ten o'clock in the morning of the 25th my mistress's bell rang, and I went to her room. My instructions were, never to enter her room in the morning until she rang for me. There were two bell-ropes, one on each side of the bed, so that on whichever side she was lying one of them was within reach of her hand."
The Attorney-general. "Stop a moment. Did the prisoner and his wife occupy one room?"