human
Does your master keep an errand-boy?
gpt
Yes.
human
Was he in the shop on the evening of the 23d?
gpt
I don't remember.
human
Oh! you don't remember! Do you remember receiving a letter on the afternoon of the 24th containing a Bank-of-England £10 note?
gpt
I did not receive any letter.
human
But you received what is called an 'enclosure' of a £10 note, did you not?
gpt
Did you hear my question, sir? Did you or did you not receive it?--on your oath, remember!
human
You must answer that gentleman, James Ball.
gpt
Once more I repeat my learned brother's question. Did you or did you not receive that £10 note on the 24th of October last? If you do not answer, I shall commit you for contempt of court.
human
Well, if I did, what's that to any one here? I suppose I can receive money from my own mother.
gpt
You know very well that it did not come from your mother, but that it was _hush-money_ sent you by the person to whom you sold the grain of strychnine on the evening of the 23d. The Chief-Justice:
human
Is this so? Speak the truth, or it will be the worse for you.
gpt
It is.
human
Who was the person?
gpt
I don't know--indeed I don't; but it wasn't _he_,
human
Was it a man or a woman?
gpt
A woman.
human
Was it the housekeeper?
gpt
I don't know.
human
Let Mrs. Haag be summoned into court.