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THE PEBBLE AND THE WINDOW.
MISS MEADOWCROFT and I were the only representatives of the family at the farm who attended the trial.

We went separately to Narrabee.
Excepting the ordinary greetings at morning and night, Miss Meadowcroft had not said one word to me since the time when I had told her that I did _not_ believe John Jago to be a living man.
I have purposely abstained from encumbering my narrative with legal details.

I now propose to state the nature of the defense in the briefest outline only.
We insisted on making both the prisoners plead not guilty.

This done, we took an objection to the legality of the proceedings at starting.