He was over six feet in height, broad-shouldered and powerfully made.

His features were cast in a large mould, he was of fair, almost sandy complexion, even his mouth was more humourous than incisive.

His eyes alone, grey and exceedingly magnetic, suggested the gifts which without a doubt lay behind his massive forehead.
"I am anxious to avoid any possible mistake," she began.

"Your name is Francis Ledsam ?" "It is," he admitted.
"You are the very successful criminal barrister," she continued, "who has just been paid an extravagant fee to defend Oliver Hilditch." "I might take exception to the term 'extravagant'," Ledsam observed drily.

"Otherwise, your information appears to be singularly correct.
I do not know whether you have heard the verdict.