“But you know, don’t you? Was he in the lower story or in the chamber when you went to witness the deed?”
Here the witness tried to catch the eye of Snapall, but Loudon very civilly held him to the point. At length he said, “In the chamber.”
“Will you inform the court what was the color of the house?”
“I think, feel sure, it wasn’t painted, but didn’t take particular notice.”
“But you saw it every day for four years, and don’t you know?”
“It was not painted.”
“Which side of the street did it stand?”
“I can’t remember.”
“Can you remember which way the street ran?”
“It ran east and west.”