"But you said it was dark, just now. How could you be certain who it was in the dark?"
"Well, it was noan so dark as all that, and as I had been walking four mile, my eyes had got accustomed to the darkness; and more than that, there was a break in the clouds just then, and I think there must have been a bit of moonlight. Anyhow, I can swear it were Mr. Paul Stepaside."
"Did he speak to you?"
"Nay; he never spoke to me. As I told you, he never seed me, but were looking straight on."
"Did he seem calm, self-possessed?"
"Nay; all t' other way. He looked like a man beside hissen."
"Did you hear him say anything?"
"Ay, I did. I heerd him say, 'My God! I never thought it would come to this,' or summat like that. I won't be sure as to the exact words, but it was summat like that."
"Did he stand beside you long?"
"Nay, not more than while one could count ten, perhaps. Then he rushed off, and he were muttering to hissen; but what he were saying aw could noan make out."