"Yes."
"Dr. Heath so believed?"
"I don't know."
More uneasiness on the part of the coroner.
"Please state what Doctor Heath said to the man he knocked down?"
"Well, I can't repeat the exact words. He said what any one would have said under the circumstances."
"Ah! what were the circumstances?"
"The fellow was half drunk. He approached Dr. Heath in a coarse and offensive manner."
"Was his language offensive?"
"I didn't hear what he said."