"He made cigars."
"Good cigars?"
"Occasionally."
"Had not your husband any other profession? Did he not practise as a dentist?"
"Not professionally."
"Now, did not your husband extract six of your teeth?"
The plaintiff glanced timidly round to see if her husband was within hearing, and timidly said:
"He did."
"Did he administer gas, or ether, or any anæsthetics?"
"No, sir."