“It was a convivial party, and you drank freely?”

“Freely, but not to excess.”

“You dined at five o'clock?”

“At half-after five.”

“And rose from table about eleven?”

“About that hour.”

“There were speeches made and toasts drunk, I believe?”

“There were,—a few.”

“The toasts and the speeches were of an eminently loyal character; they all redounded to the honor and credit of the Government?”

“Highly so.”