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I was first asked if I knew Mr. John Dwerrihouse , how long I had been acquainted with him , and whether I could identify him at sight . I was then asked when I had seen him last . To which I replied , `` On the 4th of this present month , December , 1856 . '' Then came the inquiry of where I had seen him on that fourth day of December ; to which I replied that I met him in a first-class compartment of the 4:15 down express , that he got in just as the train was leaving the London terminus , and that he alighted at Blackwater station . The chairman then inquired whether I had held any communication with my fellow-traveller ; whereupon I related , as nearly as I could remember it , the whole bulk and substance of Mr. John Dwerrihouse 's diffuse information respecting the new branch line . To all this the board listened with profound attention , while the chairman presided and the secretary took notes . I then produced the cigar-case .