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 "That is to say, she never complained about him?"

"Yes, sir."

"But when latterly he grew unkind to her she became very unhappy?"

"Yes, sir."

"And was it not at such times that she was inclined to drink that extra glass to forget her great unhappiness?"

"Yes, sir."

"Yet it was only under these conditions, when a stimulant had excited her feelings, that she was heard to complain against him?"

"Yes, sir."

"And then it seemed to you no more than the legitimate complaint of a highly emotional and affectionate nature which was suffering deeply?"

"Yes, sir."

"You remember, Mrs. Walsingham, that on one occasion she made a reference to her previous history?"

"Yes, sir."

"It was to the effect that this Mr. Barron and herself came from the same village in the north of England?"

"Yes, sir."

"That they had been intimately acquainted in her youth?"

"Yes, sir."

"That as a young girl she had been in domestic service at the house of Mr. Barron's mother?"

"Yes, sir."

"That Mr. Barron seduced her under a promise of marriage?"