Outside the court-house I came face to face with Sir Thomas Colford.

A sudden impulse moved me to speak to him.
"Sir Thomas," I began, "now that I have been acquitted by a jury----" "Pray, Dr.Therne," he broke in, "say no more, for the less said the better.

It is useless to offer explanations to a man whose wife you have murdered." "But, Sir Thomas, that is false.

When I visited Lady Colford I knew nothing of my wife's condition." "Sir," he replied, "in this matter I have to choose between the word of Sir John Bell, who, although unfortunately my wife did not like him as a doctor, has been my friend for over twenty years, and your word, with whom I have been acquainted for one year.

Under these circumstances, I believe Sir John Bell, and that you are a guilty man.