“Well, answer it, if you do or don’t think the question was worded just the same.”
“I did not hear the last question. I was thinking of how to answer the first one. Now, me friend, I will ask you to repate the last once more, and I might answer them both.”
“I suppose we must have patience with you, for I don’t think you were ever in court before, and I know it is hard for you. Now, once more, I ask you about Officer Pearson’s conduct as an officer. That is a short question and you should be able to answer it without hesitation.”
“I will say that I think the job is a hard one for me, and I will give you my club and quit at once.”
“Sit down, Pat! Sit down there and answer these questions the attorney is asking you, or I shall fine you for contempt of court.”
“Could I get off—out of that fine for contempt of court—as aisy if I told the truth?”
“I am asking you a question now, and I wish you would answer.”
“Faith, and you have been asking me some questions I didn’t know how to answer, and I am only a ignorant Irishman, and you are one of the know-alls, or should be. I’ve always thought that if annything ever came up with a business consideration, ‘I will ask me lowyer about that.’ This is the first time I have ever been smart enough to talk to one of them lowyers.”
“Well, you are taking your time to talk. You must like our company.”
“I like to hear a smart man talk, indade I do.”