Dunne—It was the same thing; whether Mr. Hicks was a nonconformist.
Lord Chief-Justice—That cannot be all; there must be something more in it.
Dunne—Yes, my lord, it is all; I know nothing more.
Lord Chief-Justice—What did she say to you when you told her, he did not know it?
Dunne—She did not say anything, my lord.
Lord Chief-Justice—Why, dost thou think, that after all this pains, that I have been at to get an answer to my question, that thou canst banter me with such sham stuff as this? Hold the candle to his face that we may see his brazen face.
Dunne—My lord, I tell you the truth.
Lord Chief-Justice—Did she ask thee whether that man knew anything of a question she had asked thee, and that was only of being a nonconformist?
Dunne—Yes my lord, that was all.
Lord Chief-Justice—That is all nonsense; dost thou imagine that any man hereabouts is so weak as to believe thee?