"Have the city police found stolen goods on your premises?"
"They have confiscated goods that were innocently purchased by me; they have robbed me."
"Did you compel this boy to lie to the officers when they came?"
"I made him hold his tongue."
"Did you make him lie?"
"I ordered him not to tell where certain goods were stored in the house, on pain of being thrashed within an inch of his life. The goods were mine, bought with my money, and it was none of their business where they were."
"Did you not command the boy to say that there were no such goods in the house?"
"I don't know—perhaps; I was exasperated at the outrage they were perpetrating in the name of law."
"Then you did make him lie?"
"Yes, if you call it lying to protect your own property from robbers,
I did make him lie!"