_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?