"With what motive did you assume a false name?"
"I had no particular motive."
"Did you not leave England in debt? and were you not afraid of your bills of exchange following you abroad?"
"There is some truth in that; but the most honourable men are frequently involved in pecuniary difficulties."
"Answer my questions, sir, and make no observations. You will leave me to do that, if you please. Now sir—tell the jury whether you were not accompanied by a valet or coachman in your German trip?"
"I am always accustomed to travel with a domestic."
"A man who runs away from his creditors, should have more delicacy than to waste his money in such a manner. When you were at Baden-baden, were you not involved in some gambling transactions which compelled you to quit the Grand-Duchy abruptly?"
"I certainly had a dispute with a gentleman at cards: and I left the town next morning."
"Yes—and you left your clothes and your servant behind you—and your bill unpaid at the hotel?"
"But I have since met my servant, and paid him more than double the wages then due."