"Did you understand the words or any words he muttered?"
"I thought he said something about having turned in at the wrong place."
"How do you account for him having done so—if so?"
"Well, the house where he stops is just a few doors—about a half dozen—up the street—"
"On the same side or the opposite?"
"The same side. And he was stopping there."
"Did you have any conversation with Baptiste after the trial in which he sued your father-in-law?"
"No; but I tried to have him settle the case before going to court."
"What did he say to it?"
"Refused to consider it."