“Well now, you have explained this much I believe to your own satisfaction—Remember then, you are upon oath—Who do you think it was that killed these men?”
“I think it was outher God or the deil, but whilk o’ them, I coudna say.”
“And this is really your opinion?”
“Yes, it is.”
“Have you seen any strangers about your master’s house of late?”
“I saw one not long ago.”
“What sort of a man was he?”
“A douse–looking man wi’ a brown yaud; I took him for some wool–buyer.”
“Was he not rather like a preacher?”
“The man might hae preached for aught contrair till’t in his appearance—I coudna say.”