A. He did.
Q. Did he not, in the same conversation, deny that he had any connection, not only with those persons, but De Berenger also?
A. Certainly.
Q. That you dropped?
A. Yes, I did not mean to drop it.
Cross-examined by Mr. Alley.
Q. At the time this conversation passed between you and Holloway, M'Rae was not there?
A. He was not.
Q. It was all in his absence?
A. It was in his absence, it was in Mr. Lavie's office.