"Well, proper or improper, what was the upshot of your conversation?"
"He was coming again and I was to sell him some powder."
"Anything else?"
"Yes, three feet of fuse."
"Will you describe this fuse?"
"Why it's just common fuse, made out of linen cloth, sprinkled with a slow-burning mixture—nitre, sulphur and a little powder—sheathed in rubber and fitted into a metal plug."
"You sold Floyd three feet of this fuse?"
"Yes, sir."
"And how much of the powder?"
"Two pounds."