Jack!" The unwilling witness went on impenetrably with his work.

The lawyer (keeping well out of reach of the range of the chain) raised his voice.
"Hullo, there!" he cried, "you're not deaf, are you ?" Jack looked up, with an impish expression of mischief in his eyes.

A man with a modest opinion of himself would have taken warning, and would have said no more.

The lawyer persisted.
"Now, my man! let us have a little talk.

'Jack Straw' can't be your proper name.