It was the mere torn end of a greasy sheet; upon it was written "Not less than 3,000 net," and it had been found in the turning out of Ormiston's dressing-table.

It might have been anything--a number of people pursed their lips contemptuously--or it might have been, without doubt, the fragment of a disreputable transaction that the prosecuting counsel endeavoured to show it.

Here, no doubt, was one of the pieces of evidence the prosecution was understood to have up its sleeve, and that portion of the prosecuting counsel's garment was watched with feverish interest for further disclosures.

They came rapidly enough, but we must hurry them even more.

The name of Miss Florence Belton, when it rose to the surface of the evidence, riveted every eye and ear.