It was only when the last witness, who came up at the moment, remarked upon the queer manner in which his lordship held his arm, that he saw it was lying idle.
Not a thing more could he or would he tell.

It was all he knew, he said, and would swear it was all.

He went back to Calne with the last witness, and never saw his lordship again alive.
It did appear to be all, just as it did in the matter of the other man.
The coroner inquired whether he had seen any one else on the banks or near them, and Pike replied that he had not set eyes on another soul, which Percival knew to be false, for he had seen _him_.

He was told to put his signature to his evidence, which the clerk had taken down, and affixed a cross.
"Can't you write ?" asked the coroner.
Pike shook his head negatively.

"Never learnt," he curtly said.