Hayes. All I know is he went from one side o' the road to t' other.
Prisoner. Thomas Hayes, as you hope to be saved eternally, was the pedler drunk or sober?
Hayes. Well, if I must tell on my neighbor or else be damned, then that there pedler was as drunk as a lord.
Here, notwithstanding the nature of the trial, the laughter was irrepressible, and Mrs. Gaunt sat quietly down (for she was allowed a seat), and said no more.
To the surgeon who had examined the body officially, she put this question: "Did you find any signs of violence?"
Surgeon. None whatever; but then there was nothing to go by, except the head and the bones.
Prisoner. Have you experience in this kind? I mean, have you inspected murdered bodies?
Surgeon. Yes.
Prisoner. How many?
Surgeon. Two before this.