233. They kept an account in a book?-Yes.
234. Was that the same with all the dealers?-Yes; all that I dealt with before the last six years.
235. Did these merchants supply you with all kinds of goods?- Only with soft goods, and tea and sugar.
236. What did you do for your provisions, such as meal and bread?-I had often to buy such things as I could get, and sell them again at half the price to anybody in the row who would take them from me.
237. Were these the goods you got from the merchants?-Yes.
238. Could you not get anything from them you wanted, except what you have mentioned?-Sometimes I would get a sixpence and sometimes a shilling, but just occasionally.
239. Was that given you as a favour?-Yes, and because they knew I really needed it. It was a mere favour.
240. Were you supporting your stepmother at that time?-No; not at that time. I had only myself to support.
241. But you had no other means of support than your knitting?- No other means at all.
242. Did you ask for money at that time?-Yes; I always asked for money, because I required it so much.