Witnesses were called to prove that he had spent the evening of the burglary with Miss Belton at her hotel, that he had remained with her until one o'clock, that he was in the habit of spending his evenings with Miss Belton.
Rawlins of the Express did not overdo the sensation which was caused in the courtroom when the name of this lady herself was called to summon her to the witness box.

It was indeed the despair of his whole career.
He thought despondingly ever after of the thrill, to which he himself was not superior and which, if he had only been able to handle it adequately, might have led him straight up the ladder to a night editorship.

Miss Belton appeared from some unsuspected seat near the door, throwing back a heavy veil, and walking as austerely as she could, considering the colour of her hair.

She took her place without emotion and there she corroborated the evidence of the servants of the hotel.
To the grave questions of the prosecution she fluently replied that the distraction of these evenings had been cards--cards played, certainly, for money, and that she, certainly, had won very considerable sums from the defendant from time to time.

In Elgin the very mention of cards played for money will cause a hush of something deeper than disapproval; there was silence in the court at this.