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     1   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  The fact that you cannot talk to the witness
     2        outside court does not mean to say that when you
     3        re-examine you cannot ask the question you might have been
     4        tempted to ask in the corridor to put them back on what
     5        you say is the right track.  But use re-examination for
     6        that, not any discussion outside court.  No-one is drawing
     7        a sinister inference on this occasion; it is just so you
     8        understand.
     9
    10   MR. RAMPTON (To the witness):  Mr. Gardner, you went to see a
    11        play last night; did you have a meal?
    12        A.  Yes.
    13
    14   Q.   You did?
    15        A.  Yes.
    16
    17   Q.   What did you eat?  What did you eat?
    18        A.  Cheese and bread.
    19
    20   Q.   Yes, cheese and bread.  Is that all?
         A.  I think I had some candy -- I do not remember exactly.
    22
    23   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Sweets?
    24        A.  Yes.
    25
    26   MR. RAMPTON:  Candy does not have much nutritional value, does
    27        it?
    28        A.  I would say in the case of this none whatsoever.
    29
    30   Q.   We have to be moderate in the amount of candy that we eat,
    31        do we not, Mr. Gardner, unless we should rot our teeth?
    32        A.  We should be moderate in the candy we eat.  The
    33        studies are, in fact, right now a little mixed on what the
    34        calorigenic teeth rotting qualities of processed sugar
    35        are.
    36
    37   Q.   We should also be moderate in the amount of sugar in the
    38        form candy or in any other form we eat, lest our energy
    39        consumption exceeds our energy expenditure and we become
    40        fat; is that right?  Is that the reason for moderation?
         A.  I do not know the direct correlation between calorie
    42        consumption in the form of sugar and weight gain, but it
    43        is important to watch what you eat.  Sugar is one of those
    44        things I try to watch, and I do not think there is
    45        evidence before the court, but I think a few could say
    46        I do not watch it particularly well.
    47
    48   Q.   Cheese contains an amount of animal fat, does it not?
    49        A.  I have no idea.  I presume it does, but I do not know.
    50 
    51   Q.   You do not know?  Do you know it contains calcium? 
    52        A.  If it has milk it would have calcium, yes. 
    53
    54   Q.   Can we agree cheese is generally made from milk?
    55        A.  Yes.
    56
    57   Q.   If one ate too much cheese, one might get too much animal
    58        fat, might one not?  It is a dairy product, is it not?
    59        A.  I would need to know what you mean by too much cheese,
    60        Mr. Rampton, to answer that question properly.