e?

_Pot_. Very much so, especially on a Sunday morning.

_Mr. H_. Could you hear what he said?

_Pot_. I could and I did. I made notes of what he said.

_Mr. H_. Can you repeat anything he said?

_Pot_. I can. He urged the crowd to disembowel all the inhabitants of
London. (_Sensation_.)

_Mr. H_. Can you remember the exact words he used?

_Pot_. I can. He said, "Those of this capital should have no bowels.
You workers must see to having this done."

_J. N_. Stop a little; it is important that I should get an accurate
note of this (_writing_). Those who live in this metropolis must have
their bowels drawn out--is that right?

_Pot_. This capital, he said, my lord.

_J. N_. (_writing_). This capital. Well, well, well! I cannot guess
why the prisoner should be so infuriated against this metropolis. Go on,
Mr. Hungary.

_Mr. H_. (_to witness_). Can you remember any other words he said?

_Pot_. Yes; later on he said, "I hope to see the last Londoner hung in
the guts of the last member of Parliament."

_J. N_. Londoner, eh?

_Pot_. Yes, my lord; that is, he meant Londoner.

_J. N_. You mustn't say what he meant, you must say what you heard him
say.

_Pot_. Capital, my lord.

_J. N_. I see; (_writing_). The last dweller in the metropolis.

_Pot_. Capital, my lord.

_J. N_. Yes, exactly; that's just what I've written--this metropolis.

_Pot_. He said capital, my lord.

_Mr. H_. Capital, the witness says, my lord.

_J. N_. Well, doesn't that mean the same thing? I tell you I've got it
down accurately.

_J. F_. (_who has been looking from one to the other with an amused_
_smile, now says as if he were thinking aloud_:) Well, I _am_ damned!
what a set of fools!

_J. N_. What is that you said, sir? Have you no sense of decency, sir?
Are you pleading, or are you not pleading? I have a great mind to have
you removed.

_J. F_. (_laughing_). Oh, by all means remove me! I didn't ask to be
here. Only look here, I could set you right in three minutes if you only
let me.

_J. N_. Do you want to ask the witness anything? If not, sir, hold your
tongue, sir. No, sir; don't speak, sir. I can see that you are
meditating bullying me; let me advise you, sir, not to try it.

_Mr. H_. (_to_ POT.) Was that the only occasion on which you heard him
speaking?

_Pot_. No; I have heard him speaking in Hyde Park and saying much the
same thing, and calling Mr. Justice Nupki