105. Do you give the woman who dresses the articles a commission to sell them?-Yes; she sells them for me.
106. Why is that?-Because she is generally in the way of doing it. She can do it better than I can.
107. Do you mean that she can make a better bargain?-She dresses goods for the merchants, and sometimes she sells them too. She sold that article for me.
108. Who is the woman?-Mrs. William Arcus; she lives at the Docks.
109. What was the price put upon that necktie which she sold?- Eighteenpence.
110. What did you get for it?-I just got anything I required.
111. What did you require at that time?-I got a little tea, and the rest in cotton.
112. Did you want the tea?-Yes.
113. Have you sometimes asked the merchants for goods which they would not give you?-No.
114. When you go to a merchant to sell a shawl, can you get any kind of goods you want?-I don't sell any shawls, because I don't have any of my own. I have not had any of my own for a long time.