“The way he was always dressed,——how would he be?”
“That's exactly what I 'm asking you.”
“Faix! he had his coat and breeches, like any other man.”
“I see. He had his coat and breeches, like any other man; now, what color was his coat?”
“It was gray, sir,——blue-gray. I know it well.”
“How do you come to know it well?”
“Bekase my own boy, Ned, sir, bought one off the same piece before he 'listed, and I couldn't forget it.”
“Where were you the day after the murder, when the policemen came to take Sam Eustace?”
“I was sitting at my own door, smoking a pipe, and I see the polis comin', and so I went in and shut the door.”
“What was that for? You had no reason to fear them.”