Mortlake: I have mislaid it, and cannot make out where it has got to. If you, sir, think it relevant or essential, I will state what the trouble was.
Coroner: Was the toothache very violent?
Mortlake: I cannot tell. I think not, though he told me it had disturbed his rest the night before.
Coroner: What time did you leave him?
Mortlake: About twenty to ten.
Coroner: And what did you do then?
Mortlake: I went out for an hour or so to make some inquiries. Then I returned, and told my landlady I should be leaving by an early train for—for the country.
Coroner: And that was the last you saw of the deceased?
Mortlake (with emotion): The last.
Coroner: How was he when you left him?