"You lived with him?"
"I have lived with him since I was sixteen."
"Was he kind to you?"
"No."
This was said without a trace of anger or resentment, but merely in the tones of one stating a simple fact.
"Why was he not kind to you?"
"I know of no reason, save that he was not of a kindly disposition. He had a dreadful and ungovernable temper, which was doubtless due in part, at least, to the fact that he suffered greatly from gout."
"Was he—was he cruel to you?"
"Yes."
"Did he ever offer you personal violence?"