“To the best o’ my b’leef.”
“Don’t say to the best of your belief; did she or not?”
“He can only speak to the best of his belief,” said the Judge.
(“There’s the round square,” whispered O’Rapley.)
“Did she come up then to the best of your belief?”
“And—did—she—accuse—you—to the best of your belief of assaulting her?”
“I be a married man,” answered the witness. (Great laughter.)
“Yes, we know all about you; we’ll see who you are presently. Did she accuse you, and did you run away?”
“I runned arter thic feller.”