6139. Does she sometimes get money?-No; she seldom asks for it.
6140. Why does she not ask for it? Does she not want it?-No, not so far as I know.
6141. Has she an account in these shops?-She has an account in some of them. She has an account with Mr. Laurenson at Lochend.
6142. Anywhere else?-I don't know.
6143. Is that an account in your own name, or in hers?-It is an account of her own, so far as I know.
6144. Is it quite a separate dealing from anything you have to do with?-Yes.
6145. Have you ever had to pay your wife's account at Mr. Laurenson's?-No.
6146. Has she ever got money from that account for her hosiery to pay for your rent or for anything you wanted to buy?-No.
6147. Is it the practice not to sell hosiery for money in your neighbourhood?-I cannot say. I know that the general thing is goods.
6148. When is your wife's account with Mr. Laurenson settled?- It is settled when she is able to pay it.