"It was."
"And on that account you laid this information against him?"
"I did."
"It was not from any morbid indulgence of any splenetic humour with which you were at that time afflicted, that induced you to bring this action?"
"Oh, dear, no!"
"I may say then, sir, you considered it entirely pro bono publico?"
"Quite so."
"You have told the court, sir, that you purchased the horse of Doctor Gambado?"
"I did so certainly."
"You are sure he sold it to you?"