The Trial of Charles Random de Berenger, Sir Thomas Cochrane Part 116

_A._ Yes; and at breakfast; he always used to carry it up; I never did that, except when he was out.

_Q._ You did not know till your master came home, that he had been out that morning?

_A._ No, I did not.

_Q._ Your husband went out about eight o'clock.

_A._ Yes.

_Q._ Was not Mr. De Berenger in the habit of ringing his bell in the morning for breakfast?

_A._ After he came down he used to ring the drawing-room bell, and then I used to carry it up, if my husband was out.

_Q._ Who supplied him in the morning with water, for the purpose of shaving?

_A._ He never used warm water; he had water in his room.

_Q._ He never rang for your husband to attend him?

_A._ Sometimes he did; but he knew my husband was going out that morning, and therefore he did not ring.

_Q._ Did it not appear to you extraordinary that morning, that there was no call for breakfast till that hour?

_A._ Yes; I supposed my master had breakfasted out, of course, when he came in.

_Q._ But you did not know of his going out?

_A._ No.

_Q._ Was not your surprize excited by his not ringing?

_A._ Yes; I was rather surprized that he had not rang.

_Q._ Do you recollect how he was dressed on the Sunday when he went out last; you do not mean to say that you saw him go out at four o'clock?

_A._ I do not recollect.

_Q._ The last time when you saw him go out on Sunday, how was he dressed?

_A._ He had on a black coat and waistcoat, and grey overalls.

_Q._ Of course, not seeing him on the Monday, you did not know in what dress he went out that morning?

_A._ No.

_Q._ But you say he returned home in a black coat?

_A._ Yes.

_Q._ Was that black coat his own?

_A._ That I cannot say.

_Q._ Was not that coat much too long for your master?

_A._ I did not observe it.

_Lord Ellenborough._ He did not come home in the same black coat he had gone out in on the Sunday?

_A._ That I cannot tell; I was not in the habit of brus.h.i.+ng his coat.

_Mr. Bolland._ Did you ever see Lord Cochrane?

_A._ No.

_Q._ Was not the coat that he came home in, on the Monday, so long, that you recollect remarking it could not belong to him?

_A._ No, I did not remark that.

_Q._ Did you see the coat lie on the chair afterwards?

_A._ It might be there, but I did not observe it.

_Q._ What was in this bundle that he brought home?

_A._ I saw a part of a grey coat between the tie of the bundle.

_Q._ Did you make an affidavit upon this business?

_A._ Yes.

_Q._ When was that?

_A._ The 24th of March.

_Q._ Who suggested to you the necessity of making the affidavit?

_A._ No body but my husband; it was his wish to make his, and he said, therefore Ann do you make yours.

_Lord Ellenborough._ What did you see besides the grey coat in the bundle?

_A._ I saw nothing but that.

_Lord Ellenborough._ Recollect yourself, because you have sworn you saw a green uniform?

_A._ There might be a green uniform.

_Q._ Was there, or was there not?