"Very well, Tim; if you have made up your mind not to confess it, I have nothing more to say."
"I ain't a going to confess it when I didn't do it," said Tim stoutly.
"But you did do it, Tim."
"No, I didn't nuther."
"I am surprised at your hardihood. Tony saved your life at the peril of his own, and yet you are willing to see him convicted of a crime which you committed yourself."
"Who says I did?" said Tim, not a little confused by the directness with which Captain Sedley spoke to him.
"I say it, Tim. Once more, will you free Tony from the charge by telling the truth?"
"I have told the truth."
"No, you haven't, Tim. Will you confess the crime, and save Tony?"
"No, I won't; I didn't do it."