"I will begin, an it please Your Grace, with the expressions used last night in my presence at the Bell Inn at Bridgwater by Mr.Richard Westmacott, and I will confine myself strictly to those matters on which my testimony can be corroborated by that of other witnesses." Colonel Luttrell interrupted him to turn to Richard.

"Do you recall those expressions, sir ?" he asked him.
Richard winced under the question.

Nevertheless, he braced himself to make the best defence he could.

"I have not yet heard," said he, "what those expressions were; nor when I hear them must it follow that I recognize them as my own.

I must admit to having taken more wine, perhaps, than...