Part 221

A. He went up into the attics.

Q. Did he go into your room?

A. He did not.

Q. What occasion was there for your getting up to see him measure the garden?

A. There was no occasion for that; but we were getting up, and she thought the gentleman might come into our room.

Q. Was she in the habit of calling you?

A. Sometimes she has done it.

Q. Who was with Mr. De Berenger, besides Donithorne.

A. I do not remember seeing any other.

Q. Who carried the rod with which they measured; was it Mr. De Berenger or Donithorne?

A. I cannot say, indeed.

Q. You may recollect who held the paper, and put down the measurements; which of the two carried the paper, and which carried the measuring rod?

A. I cannot tell which of the two it was, they being at the top of the garden almost.

Q. It is only a small garden, we know the situation?

A. It is a long garden.

Q. Which of them was it?

A. I cannot say, indeed, which of them it was.

Q. But one of them did?

A. Yes.

Q. Was there snow on the ground then?

A. No, it was a wet morning, I think.

Q. Are you sure it was a wet morning?

A. I think it was a wet morning, but I did not take particular notice of the day.

Lord Ellenborough. It had rained a good deal, had it?

A. Yes, it had.

Q. There was a good deal of rain last February, was there?

A. I think that was a wet morning.

Mr. Bolland. Had the effect of the rain been such, as to give them a good view of the surface of the ground, so as to measure?