Part 48 (2/2)
”Please relate what you know of his--difference with Mr. Burrill?”
”What I--_know_.”
”Yes, sir.”
”Why, I don't exactly _know_ anything”
”Why, sir, did you not witness a meeting between the two?”
”I--suppose so.”
”You suppose!”
”Well, I can't _swear_ that the man I saw knocked down, if that is what you mean, was Burrill; it was night, and I did not see his face clearly.”
”You believed it to be Burrill?”
”Yes.”
”Dr. Heath so believed?”
”I don't know.”
More uneasiness on the part of the coroner.
”Please state what Doctor Heath said to the man he knocked down?”
”Well, I can't repeat the exact words. He said what any one would have said under the circ.u.mstances.”
”Ah! what were the circ.u.mstances?”
”The fellow was half drunk. He approached Dr. Heath in a coa.r.s.e and offensive manner.”
”Was his language offensive?”
”I didn't hear what he said.”
”Did you hear what Dr. Heath said?”
”I did.”
”You heard it distinctly?”
”Quite.”
”Ah!” smiling triumphantly. ”Then you _can_ give us his words?”
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