Witness. "Very loudly."
The Attorney-general. "In merriment?"
Witness. "Quite the contrary. They were quarrelling."
The Attorney-general. "That is your understanding of their voices?"
Witness. "I could not be mistaken. Nearly the whole of the time their voices were raised to a high pitch."
The Attorney-general. "Which of the two voices made the stronger impression upon you?"
Witness. "My master's. I am certain he was threatening her, as he had done many times during the last few months."
The Attorney-general. "That is an improper remark for you to make. Confine yourself strictly to the matter in hand, and to the time you are giving evidence upon. When you entered your mistress's room she was sitting up in bed, dreadfully agitated, and your master rushed past you?"
Witness. "Yes, and she called out after him, 'Never, while I am alive! You wish I were dead, don't you, so that you may be free to marry again? But I sha'n't die yet, unless you kill me!"
The Attorney-general. "You are positive she made use of these words?"