This, I must say, leaves me in some doubt as to the absolute
accuracy of his story, but the main facts tally with what evidence we
have and point in one direction. There is only one revolver in question,
and that revolver of a peculiar make and bore. I have shown you the
instrument here, also the bullet which was extracted from the dead man's
brain. Is there no other person who would wish to give evidence, before
I am compelled to pronounce the prisoner 'Guilty'--and leave him to the
hands of higher Courts of Justice? If there is, I beg of you to speak,
and speak at once. Time is short, gentlemen."
His voice ceased, and for a moment over the room there was silence. You
could have heard a pin drop. Then came the scraping of a chair, a
swiftly-muttered, "I will! I will! I have something to say!" in a woman's
voice shrill with emotion, and 'Toinette Brellier stood up, slim and tall
in her black frock, and with the veil thrown back from her pale face. She
held something in her hand, something which she waved aloft for all to
see.
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