They had ignorantly done something (I forget what) in the town, which barely brought them within the operation of the law.

Every human institution (justice included) will stretch a little, if you only pull it the right way.

The worthy magistrate was an old friend of my lady's, and the Indians were "committed" for a week, as soon as the court opened that morning.
Such was Mr.Franklin's narrative of events at Frizinghall.

The Indian clue to the mystery of the lost jewel was now, to all appearance, a clue that had broken in our hands.

If the jugglers were innocent, who, in the name of wonder, had taken the Moonstone out of Miss Rachel's drawer?
Ten minutes later, to our infinite relief; Superintendent Seegrave arrived at the house.