“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.”