"You are perfectly sure that you have never cherished any ill-will toward her?"
"So far from it, I was at first inclined to be friendly."
"What do you mean by the term friendly?"
"Well, your Honor" (a little confusedly), "the term seems plain enough."
"And she did not reciprocate your friendship?" was the keen query.
"After I came to know her better, I gave her no occasion to reciprocate anything; and, pardon me, your Honor, I scarcely see what bearing these questions have on the plain facts in the case."
A slight frown was the only evidence that the judge had noted the impertinent suggestion that he did not know his business.
"Are you perfectly sure that you cherish no ill-will toward the prisoner?"
"I simply wish to do my duty by my employers. I eventually learned that her father was an opium-eater and a sot, and I don't fancy that kind of people. That is my explanation," he concluded, with a large attempt at dignity, and in a tone that he evidently meant all should hear.
"Her father is not on trial, and that information was uncalled for.
Have you any further testimony?" the judge asked coldly.