A. They had taken those two rooms, I believe, without intending to take any more; but as I was not pleasantly situated, and was rather too far from business, I wished to have an office there, if they could procure it; several of my friends went to look at it, and finding it convenient, I requested them to take the whole of it, if they could, in order that I might be accommodated.
Lord Ellenborough. Whom do you mean by friends, Mr. Cochrane Johnstone?
A. No, other persons for whom I did business.
Mr. Gurney. When was this done?
A. In the course of the week preceding.
Lord Ellenborough. When you say Mr. Cochrane Johnstone took a room for you, do you mean at this place?
Q. They had taken those two rooms, I believe, for themselves, without reference to my having any thing to do there.
Mr. Gurney. Did they afterwards take a third?
A. They afterwards took the whole that is in my possession.
Q. You have all of them in your possession now?