human
Are you prepared to swear that is the gentlemen to whom you sold the knife you have seen here to-day?
gpt
No, I am not prepared to swear to anything of the kind.
human
To the best of your belief is he the person to whom you sold the knife?
gpt
No, I won't go even as far as that, answered Brill, dogmatically.
human
All I can say is that there is a strong likeness between him and the party who came to my shop; but, for all that, I'm not going to swear that it was him.
gpt
Don't say anything now,
human
I must, sir--I must,
gpt
Sir, as I stand here, a living man, I swear that I never saw or spoke to this person before to-day, that I was never inside his shop in my life, and that I never purchased a knife like the one in question either of him or of anyone else.
human
Have you any questions to ask the last witness?
gpt
The evidence this week seems tending in the same direction as that of last week.
human
I don't care for that--John Brancker is an innocent man,
gpt
In any case, said Mr. Prestwich,
human
I should like to put a few questions to the man Brill.
gpt
I beg you will do nothing of the kind, at least not now,