“What induced you to go to London?”
“The hope of bettering my condition.”
“Were you not driven out of Machynlleth?”
“I was not.”
“Why did you leave London?”
“Because I could get no work, and my wife did not like the place.”
“Did you obtain possession of the salmon and the spear?”
“I did not.”
“Why didn’t you?”
“The pool was deep where the salmon was struck, and I was not going to lose my life by going into it.”