human
Mr. Lyon, I am directed by Mr. Pinkerton to ascertain if possible from you whether Mrs. Winslow has ever informed you of having at any previous time resided in the West?
gpt
Mr. Clement, I think she has done so, but I can't recollect what the information was.
human
Couldn't you call to mind anything that would be of some little assistance to us, Mr. Lyon?
gpt
No, he nervously answered;
human
We have positively ascertained, continued Bangs, looking searchingly into Lyon's face,
gpt
Indeed!
human
Yes, replied Bangs,
gpt
Mr. Clement, I insist on not being worried about this business; perhaps Harcout didn't make that point quite clear. Harcout _is_ a little flighty, but a noble fellow though, after all. I don't hardly know what I would do without Harcout, Mr. Clement; he takes the whole thing off my shoulders, as it were.