“I have.”
“Is it true—what he says about yourself?”
“No, sir, not a word of it.”
“Did you take any part in the attack that was made on him?”
“None whatever.”
“Did you tell the other prisoners to do what they did?”
“No, I did not; but if I had known as much about the captain then as I know now I should have done.”
“Done what?” asks the Governor sharply.
“Told them to do what they did—and worse.”