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There may be a little prick of the skin, and no further positive evidence, as the needle is often imperceptible to touch. The patient, when cross-questioned, is frequently doubtful whether the needle has not dropped on the floor; and it might be, in some cases, a serious question whether an exploratory operation to find a possible needle might not do more harm than the needle.
I could give her no satisfaction, because you know my tongue was tied by my promise. Then, she suspected me of being a bad girl. And she cross-questioned me more severely than ever. Still I could give her no satisfaction. And her suspicions seemed to be confirmed. And she looked at me oh! with such terrible eyes, that they seemed to burn me up.
My uncle cross-questioned the men, but could get nothing more out of either of them. Whether or not he was perfectly satisfied I could not tell. Still it seemed too probable that the "Amphion," with my father and all hands, was lost. Having lodged the seamen so as to find them again, my uncle returned with me to my mother. She was prepared for the information he had to give her.
The mate leant forward with a grave face. "It is the Bay of Kirkmaiden," he said. If he expected to astonish Captain Meadows he certainly succeeded, for that gentleman was fairly bereft of speech for a minute or more. "This is really marvellous," he said, after a time, turning to us. "These passengers of ours cross-questioned us early in the voyage as to the existence of a bay of that name.
Captain Treenail received us very kindly, and cross-questioned us minutely as to the whereabouts of the cave and the various articles we had found within it.
Again and again I cross-questioned her, but I could never get past that point. "Mrs. Lyons," said I as I rose from this long and inconclusive interview, "you are taking a very great responsibility and putting yourself in a very false position by not making an absolutely clean breast of all that you know. If I have to call in the aid of the police you will find how seriously you are compromised.
When Peter reported with Dick at headquarters the General cross-questioned the old man in a manner that would have done credit to a prosecuting attorney, and said to Peter: "'Major, I guess the enemy intend to try our strength very soon. "He then said to Dick: "'You can go around behind my quarters. You will find some colored people there, with whom you will remain until after we have this fight.
And again he sunk down upon a chair this time in the hall, and stared at the girl as if waiting further enlightenment. But there was little enough to be had. Only one point was clear: his wife was nowhere to be found. He sent for every one in the house, and cross-questioned each to discover the last occasion on which she had been seen.
Was that it, Tessibel?" he cross-questioned. "Yes." The murmured answer was scarcely audible. "One of the squatters, then?" The red head sank again. This time a decided shake of the shining curls made the denial. Hoping to avoid further examination, the girl tried to rise to her feet, but the questioner's hand pressed her back. "Don't ask me," she entreated. "I'm better now."
He had begun his questioning merely in a spirit of banter, but as she stubbornly persisted in her refusals, he began to think that she really had had some ridiculous adventure, and was determined to find out what it was. So he set traps for her, and cross-questioned her, secretly amused at the quick-witted way in which she continually baffled him.
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