“Aye! but I mean before you went to prison?”
“In the dessa Kaligaweh, kandjeng toean.”
“Setrosmito,” continued the president, “do you know why you have been brought here before us?”
“Yes, kandjeng toean.”
“Let us hear it then.”
“They tell me I have smuggled opium, and that I have killed a Chinaman,” quietly replied the Javanese, without so much as raising his eyes from the floor.
A murmur of indignation ran through the pandoppo at the apparent callousness of the reply.
“Silence!” cried the president.
“Silence in the court!” vociferated the usher.
“Do you plead guilty to these charges?” asked Mr. Greveland.