That at any rate was the theory suggested by the prosecution.
The speech was admirably delivered, and its virtue was its extreme impassiveness; it seemed quite impersonal, the mere automatic action of justice, not revengeful, not seeking for death, but merely stating the case as it might be stated by some planet or remote fixed star.

Then there was a short pause, while the prosecutor for the Crown laid down his notes.

And the same slow, clear, impassive voice went on.
"But since the committal of the prisoner to stand his trial at these assizes," he said, "more evidence of an utterly unexpected, but to us convincing kind has been discovered.

Here it is." And he held up a sheet of blotting paper, and a crumpled envelope.
"A letter has been blotted on this sheet," he said, "and by holding it up to the light and looking through it, one can, of course, read what was written.

But before I read it, I will tell you from where this sheet was taken.