"He didn't give any reason; just said I didn't suit, that was all."
"But he paid you in full?"
"Oh, yes."
"And you found him not unreasonably exacting?"
"Well, he used to grumble a good deal."
"At you?"
"At me, yes, and the others, too."
"You never heard the others complaining, however?"
"No, sir."
"What did they say when you told them of his grumbling at you?"