"Can you go out of this house?"—"Yes."
"Is it your intention to follow this child about everywhere?"—"Yes."
"Are you pleased in being asked these questions?"—"Yes."
"Does it case your troubled soul?"—"Yes."
[Here there was heard a mysterious noise, which some wiseacre present compared to the fluttering of wings.]
"How long before your death did you tell your servant, Carrots, that you were poisoned?—An hour?"—"Yes."
[Carrots, who was present, was appealed to; but she stated positively that such was not the fact, as the deceased was quite speechless an hour before her death. This shook the faith of some of the spectators, but the examination was allowed to continue.]
"How long did Carrots live with you?"—"Three or four days."
[Carrots was again appealed to, and said that this was true.]
"If Mr. Kent is arrested for this murder, will he confess?"—"Yes."