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[page 648] his clothes off and getting into bed and tumbling them. Q. This man was the personal friends of yours? A. He was. Q. Did you report him? A. I did not. Q. Did you conceal it? A. I did Q. What for? A. I wanted to stay a little longer at the hospital; that was one reason. Q. What had that to do with it? A. Very uncomfortable for a man to stay there that reported an attendant for any cruelty. Q. Uncomfortable how? Amongst ^fellow attendants. A. Yes, it would be rather uncomfortable for me to stay round there. I didn't report it. Q. You knew it was your duty to report it did you not? A. I did Q. It was the duty of all attendants to report violation by other attendants? A. It is Q. You omitted to do your duty first: because he was a friend of yours and second because you wanted to shield yourself from unpleasantness among your fellow attendants? A. I did. Q. And knowingly violated your duty in that regard? A. That is the rule I violated Q. So that "violation" never came to the knowledge