“Not in the least.”
“You are an inmate of the plaintiff's house, I believe?”
“I am.”
“But this has not always been the case?”
“All my life with the exception of two years.”
“Your reason for the two years' absence had a connection with the plaintiff's mode of life, had it not?”
“Not in the sense you wish to imply. It had a connection with our extreme poverty.”
“Though an inmate of you father's house, you are often away from home?”
“No, very rarely.”
“Oblige me by giving a straightforward answer. What do you mean by rarely?”