This he did speedily, for he had no desire to witness Alaric's misery.
And then the Honourable Undecimus Scott was put into the witness-box.

It was suggested, on his behalf, that he might give his evidence from the seat which he then occupied, but this Mr.
Chaffanbrass would by no means allow.

His intercourse with Mr.
Scott, he said, must be of a nearer, closer, and more confidential nature than such an arrangement as that would admit.

A witness, to his way of thinking, was never an efficient witness till he had his arm on the rail of a witness-box.

He must trouble Mr.Scott to descend from the grandeur of his present position; he might return to his seat after he had been examined--if he then should have a mind to do so.