"It might have been 11?"
"No, 't wusn't later'n about 10." This was said doggedly.
"Nor before 9?"
"No, 't wus nigh onto 10, I said." And the witness showed some irritation, and spoke louder than before.
"How far away were you from the pulpit and meeting-place?"
"'Twixt a half a mile an' a mile."
"Not over a mile?"
"No, skiercely a mile."
"But don't you think it might have been a little less than half a mile?"
"No, it's nigh onto a mile, I didn't measure it, but it's a mighty big three-quarters."