"I suppose Chegwidden was pretty far gone that night. Now I want you to use your memory, and tell me if you have ever seen him more drunk than he was that night?"
"When us gets drunk us comes to a stop like," said Peter thoughtfully. "Us gets no drunker," he explained to his new friend.
"You think Farmer Chegwidden had reached that stage? He could hardly have been more intoxicated than he was when you found him?"
Peter admitted that the farmer's condition was unquestionably as his friend had stated.
"He was dead drunk?"
"Mucky drunk," said Peter with a burst of confidence.
"You were not astonished, as you know he is an habitual drunkard?"
Peter was just going to agree, when he remembered he didn't know the meaning of the word habitual.
"He gets drunk frequently. Makes a habit of it," explained counsel.
"He du," said Peter, in the emphatic manner which makes for good evidence.