Mr. White Lush: The witness's two lodgers were evidently regular bricks. (Great laughter.) Were your drawing rooms and your second floorer on terms of intimacy? Witness: Not as I was aware on, sir. Mr. White Lush: What did you do then? Witness: I went out to speak to a neighbour. Mr. White Lush: To tell her of your misfortunes? Witness: Yes, sir. Mr. White Lush: At what time did you return to your house? Witness: It were eleven o'clock, sir--striking as I opened the door. I stood on the steps, and counted the strokes: One--Two--Three---- Mr. White Lush: That will do. We will imagine the clock has struck. While you were out, did you observe anything unusual in the next house, No. 119? Witness: Nothink, sir. Mr. White Lush: You saw no strangers prowling about? Witness: I did not, sir. Somebody pushed agin me-- Mr. White Lush: Yes? Witness: It were Mr. Simpson, dining room, three doors off, in his usual condition. He always comes 'ome so. Mr. White Lush: Did he speak to you? Witness: He growled at me. Mr. White Lush: What did you do then? Witness: I went down to the kitchen, and fell into a doze. Mr. White Lush: For how long did you doze? Witness: I can't rightly say, sir. About arf-an-hour, perhaps. Mr. White Lush: Was there a candle alight in the kitchen when you fell asleep? Witness: Yes, sir. Mr. White Lush: Was it a whole candle? Witness: No, sir, it were arf burnt down. Mr. White Lush: What kind of candles do you burn in your kitchen? Witness: Taller dips, sir--twelves. Mr. White Lush: For about how long will one of these tallow dips burn? Witness: Three hours and more. Mr. White Lush: Was the candle you left burning on your kitchen table when you fell into a doze alight when you awoke? Witness: It were, sir, and it burnt blue. Mr. White Lush: What do you mean by that? Witness: I don't know, sir. It burnt blue. There was something mysterious about it. Magistrate: Perhaps the witness smelt sulphur also. Mr. White Lush: Did you smell sulphur? Witness: Not as I'm aware on, sir. Mr. White Lush: When you awoke, was it a natural awaking, or were you suddenly aroused? Witness: I were suddenly woke, and I was all of a tremble. Mr. White Lush: You were frightened by something? Witness: I were, sir, and I were not. Mr. White Lush: I do not understand you. Was there anybody or anything in the room besides yourself? Witness: I didn't see nothink--not even a mouse. Mr. White Lush: Then what were you frightened at? Witness: It were a fancy, perhaps--or a dream that I couldn't remember; and all at once I 'eerd a scream. Mr. White Lush: From what direction? Witness: From the next house, No. 119. Mr. White Lush: You heard a scream proceeding from 119, the house in which the murder was committed? Witness: As near as I can remember, sir. Mr. White Lush: That is not what I want. You possess the usual number of senses, I suppose? Witness: I defy anybody to say anything to the contrairy.