, or Daniel Nathaniel?«
    »No, my Lord, only Nathaniel; not Daniel at all.«
    »What did you tell me it was Daniel for, then, sir?« inquired the judge.
    »I didn't, my Lord,« replied Mr. Winkle.
    »You did, sir,« replied the judge, with a severe frown. »How could I have
got Daniel on my notes, unless you told me so, sir?«
    This argument, was, of course, unanswerable.
    »Mr. Winkle has rather a short memory, my Lord,« interposed Mr. Skimpin,
with another glance at the jury. »We shall find means to refresh it before we
have quite done with him, I dare say.«
    »You had better be careful, sir,« said the little judge, with a sinister
look at the witness.
    Poor Mr. Winkle bowed, and endeavoured to feign an easiness of manner,
which, in his then state of confusion, gave him rather the air of a disconcerted
pickpocket.
    »Now, Mr. Winkle,« said Mr. Skimpin, »attend to me, if you please, sir; and
let me recommend you, for your own sake, to bear in mind his Lordship's
injunction to be careful. I believe you are a particular friend of Pickwick, the
defendant, are you not?«
    »I have known Mr. Pickwick now, as well as I recollect at this moment,
nearly -«
    »Pray, Mr. Winkle, do not evade the question. Are you, or are you not, a
particular friend of the defendant's?«
    »I was just about to say, that -«
    »Will you, or will you not, answer my question, sir?«
    »If you don't answer the question you'll be committed, sir,« interposed the
little judge, looking over his note-book.
    »Come, sir,« said Mr. Skimpin, »yes or no, if you please.«
    »Yes, I am,« replied Mr. Winkle.
    »Yes, you are. And why couldn't you say that at once, sir? Perhaps you know
the plaintiff, too? Eh, Mr. Winkle?«
    »I don't know her; I've seen her.«
    »Oh, you don't know her, but you've seen her? Now, have the goodness to tell
the gentlemen of the jury what you mean by that, Mr.
