"Is it not true that you have been carrying information to the rebels?"
"No, sir; we have done nothing of the kind."
"The spy who was arrested while returning from the American lines was a particular friend of yours?"
"Yes, sir."
"And you knew why he left the city on the day he was arrested?"
"Yes, sir."
"Did you aid him in any way?"
"There was nothing we could have done."
"Do you know that he has escaped?"
"Yes, sir."