'Just so,' said Aubrey. 'A design that depended on how things went on at the mill.' And being desired to explain his words, he added, that Leonard had said he could not bear the sight of Sam Axworthy's tyranny over the old man, and was resolved not to stay, if he were made a party to any of the dishonest tricks of the trade.
'In that case, did he say where he would have gone?'
'First to New Zealand, to my brother, the Reverend Norman May.'
Leonard's counsel was satisfied with the colour the conversation had now assumed; but the perils of re-examination were not over yet, for the adverse lawyer requested to know whence the funds were to have come for this adventurous voyage.
'We laughed a little about that, and he said he should have to try how far his quarter's salary would go towards a passage in the steerage.'
'If your friend expressed so strong a distaste to his employers and their business, what induced him to enter it?'
Leonard's counsel again objected to this inquiry, and it was not permitted. Aubrey was dismissed, and, flushed and giddy, was met by his brother Tom, who almost took him in his arms as he emerged from the passage.
'O, Tom! what have I done?'
'Famously, provided there's no miller in the jury. Come,' as he felt the weight on his arm, 'Flora says I am to take you down and make you take something.'
'No, no, no, I can't! I must go back.'