S.—Whose Arithmetic did you study?
P.—Mr. Dollbay’s.
S.—Daboll’s, I suppose, you mean.
P.—Ah, yes, it was Daboll’s; and I remember him very well. He was a fine man, and understood figures very well.
S.—Then you went through his book several times?
P.—O yes, I can take my oath of that.
S.—How much is twice nothing?
P.—That is two, of course.
S.—How much is nothing times two?
P.—That is two.