“You say,” interpreted the judge, “that the plaintiff tried to seduce the affections of your daughter’s husband from her?”
The old man was brought to a long and thoughtful pause, from which he was startled by a repetition of the judge’s question. “I—I don’ know as I understand you, judge,” he faltered.
“Do you mean that the plaintiff—the person whom your daughter threatened to beat—has been trying to get your daughter’s husband’s affections away from her?”
“Why, he hain’t never showed her no affections, judge! He’s just left me to support her.”
“Very well, then. Has the plaintiff tried to get your daughter’s husband away from her?”
“I guess not, judge. He hain’t never took any notice of my daughter since he married her.”
“Well, does your son-in-law go with this person?”
“With who, judge?”
“With the plaintiff.”