1872. Then, if you preferred it, why did you not ask for it?-I told you I managed my affairs in such a way that I did not need it.
1873. But you said you would have preferred to have had half of it in money?-Provided I could have got it, I should have liked it very well; but I did not ask that.
1874. Why did you not ask it? Do you think there would have been a difficulty in getting it?-I don't know; I only know that I never asked for one half of it in money.
1875. Why?-I generally took a line for what remained to me upon a shawl. I might have got the money instead of a line, but I did not ask it.
1876. You have taken lines sometimes?-Yes, I generally took them.
1877. Have you any of these lines have none just now?-No, I have none just now.
1878. When you get a line, do you always take it [Page 37] back to the shop, and get goods?-Yes; I sometimes take it back to the shop.
1879. What do you do with it at other times?-Sometimes a friend may require a line from me, and give me money for it.
1880. If you were selling your goods for ready money, would you take a less price for them?-Sometimes I have seen me take a shilling or so less if it was all money.
1881. But you said you never got the whole price of a shawl in money?-Occasionally I sold a shawl to a stranger in the place in the summer time, and I might give it to him for a shilling less.