A. Yes; I first proposed the business, and Mr. De Berenger approved of it.

Q. He was going to make a survey of the inside of your house that morning; was he not?

A. He did of that also.

Q. Particularly your lodgers bed-room; he was very anxious to see that?

A. And all my own.

Q. He was very anxious to see your lodgers bed-room?

A. Not that particularly.

Q. You went and knocked up Mr. Tragear?

A. Yes; I went up and desired them to rise, and to clear up their room, for that he was coming there.

Q. Did you desire them to rise yourself?