I beg your Honour to believe that, in some of its features, this case is not only unusual, but almost without a precedent.

That it may be lightly understood, and justice shown my client, a full knowledge of the whole family's experiences during those fatal hours is not only desirable, but absolutely essential.

I beg, therefore, that my witness may be allowed to proceed and tell her story in all its details.

Nothing will be introduced which will not ultimately be seen to have a direct bearing upon the attitude of my client towards the crime for which he stands here arraigned." "The motion is denied," declared the judge.
Mr.Fox sat down, to the universal relief of all but the two persons most interested--Arthur and myself.
Mr.Moffat, generous enough or discreet enough to take no note of his opponent's discomfiture, lifted a paper from the table and held it towards the witness.
"Do you recognise these lines ?" he asked, placing the remnants of my half-burned communication in her hands.
She started at sight of them.

Evidently she had never expected to see them again.
"Yes," she answered, after a moment.