"Would you know the girl again?"
"Na. I could na see the lass ony mair than the gallant."
"Nor the third man?"
"Na, nor the ither ane."
"Did you hear any name or any place spoken of between the parties?"
"Na, na name, na pleece. I hae tuld your honor all I heerd. I heerd no mair than I hae said," replied the witness.
And the severest cross-examination could not draw anything more from him.
The officials put their heads together and talked in whispers.
This last witness gave, after all, the nearest to a clue of any they had yet received.
The notes of the testimony were put in the hands of the London detective then present.