After he had whispered for a moment with Craft, he said to the witness:—
"That is all, for the present, Mr. Merrick." Then he turned to the opposing counsel and said:—
"Mr. Goodlaw, you may take the witness."
Goodlaw fixed his glasses more firmly on his nose, consulted briefly with his client, and then began his cross-examination.
After drawing out much of the personal history of the witness, he went with him into the details of the Cherry Brook disaster.
Finally he asked:—
"Did you know Robert Burnham in his lifetime?"
"A gentleman by that name called on me a week after the accident to make inquiries about his son."
"Did you say to him, at that time, that the child must have perished in the wreck?"
"I think I did; yes, sir."