“Did he refuse to answer?”
“I kept asking him to tell me, but he just said it was only a fancy that came to him. He had interrupted so eager like, that I thought he must have heard something. Later, I asked Master Johnny Ludlow whether the boy had been pushed off, but he said no. I couldn’t get it out of my head, however.”
“What clothes did you wear, witness, that day at Malvern?”
“These here that I’ve got on now, sir.”
“Did you wear that same green neckerchief?”
“Yes, sir. My sister Sally bought it new for me to go in.”
“Did you take it off at Malvern?”
“No, sir.”
“Not at all?”