_Pot_. Yes, out of one shop one after another. (_Aside_: Now it's right, I hope.) _Mr. H_. (_Aside_: Confound him, he's contradicting the other!) (_To_ POT.) Yes, just so; one after the other. And did you see the second loaf tumble down? _Pot_. Yes, sir. _Mr. H_. When was that? _Pot_. As she took it off the counter. _Mr. H_. Yes, _after_ she took it off the counter, in the street? _Pot_. No, sir. (_Catching the_ SERGEANT'S _eye_.) I mean yes, sir, and she wiped the mud off them; the sergeant saw her--and I saw her. _A Voice_. Off IT, you liar! 'twas the second loaf, the single loaf, the other liar said! [_Confusion. The judge wakes up and splutters, and tries to say something; the_ USHER _goes through the audience, but finds no one_; HUNGARY _spreads out his hands to the Jury, appealingly_. _Mr. H_. Yes, so it was in the street that you saw the loaves fall down? _Pot_. Yes, sir; it was in the street that I saw it tumble down. _A Voice_. You mean _them_, you fool! You haven't got the story right yet! [_Confusion again. The_ JUDGE _sits up and stares like a man awaked from a nightmare, then calls out_ Officer! Officer! _very loud. The_ USHER _goes his errand again, and comes back bootless_. _Mr. H_. (_very blandly_). It was in the street that you saw the three loaves fall down? _Pot_. Yes, it was in the street that I saw the loaf fall down. _Mr. H_. Yes, in the street; just so, in the street. You may go (_Aside_: for a damned fool!). Constable Strongithoath. [CONSTABLE STRONGITHOATH _sworn_, _Mr. H_. Constable, did you see this robbery? _Strong_. I saw it. _Mr. H_. Tell us what you saw. _Strong_, (_very slowly and stolidly, and as if repeating a lesson_). I saw her steal them all--all--all from one shop--from three shops--I followed her--I took her. When she took it up--she let it drop--in the shop--and wiped the street mud off it. Then she dropped them all three in the shop--and came out--and I took her--with the help--of the two constables--and she cried. _Mr. H_. You may go (_Aside_: for a new-caught joskin and a fool!). I won't ask him any questions. _J. N_. (_waking up, and languid_). Do you call any other witnesses, Mr. Hungary? _Mr. H_. No, my lord. (_Aside_: Not if I know it, considering the quality of the evidence. Not that it much matters; the Judge is going to get a conviction; the Jury will do as he tells them--always do.) (_To the Court_): My lord and gentlemen of the Jury, that's my case. _J. N_. Well, my good woman, what have you to say to this? _Mary Pinch_. Say to it! What's the use of _saying_ anything to it? I'd _do_ to it, if I could. _J. N_. Woman! what do you mean? Violence will not do here. Have you witnesses to call? _M. P_. Witnesses! how can I call witnesses to swear that I didn't steal the loaves? _J. N_. Well, do you wish to question the witnesses? You have a right to.