“Who are you?” asked the judge in a somewhat brutal tone.
“A man who is resolved to answer no question until it is put more courteously.”
“Who are you?”[[1]]
“That which I represented myself to be. I have travelled all through Germany, and never found impudence at home, anywhere but here.”
“Your speedy flight renders you very suspicious. Why did you fly?”
“Because I was tired of being the laughing-stock of your rabble.”
“You threatened to fire.”
“My pistol was not loaded.”
The weapon was examined, and, true enough, it contained no bullet.
“Why did you secretly carry arms?”