The witness uttered an intimation of assent.
"Were you acquainted, while there, with a gentleman named Ashton,—Theodore Ashton?"
"I was."
"How long is this ago? To a year or two?"
"Twenty-three or four years. I do not exactly recollect."
"Mr. Ashton was your senior, I believe?"
"Considerably. In fact our acquaintance was very slight."
"What became of him afterwards, do you know?"
"He took orders, and quitted the University."
"Did you ever see him after you had left college?"