_Counsel_: What was the height of the horse?--_Witness_: Sixteen feet.
_Counsel_: How old was he?--_Witness_: Six years.
_Counsel_: How high did you say he was?--_Witness_: Sixteen hands.
_Counsel_: You said, just now, sixteen feet.--_Witness_: Sixteen _feet_!
Did I say sixteen _feet_?
_Counsel_: You did.--_Witness_: _If I did say sixteen feet, it was
sixteen feet!_--you don't catch me crossing myself!