They will give their evidence." He waited till the judge had entered this.
"I will read the letter," he said, "from the negative, so to speak, of the blotting paper." "June 21st.
"TO GODFREY MILLS, ESQ.
"You damned brute, I will settle you.

I hear you are coming back to Brighton to-morrow, and are getting out at Falmer.

All right; I shall be there, and we shall have a talk.
"MORRIS ASSHETON." A sort of purr went round the court; the kind humane ladies and gentlemen who had fought for seats found this to their taste.

The noose tightened.
"I have here also an envelope," said the prosecutor, "which was found by Mr.Figgis and Mr.Wilkinson in the waste-paper basket in the sitting-room of the deceased.

According to the expert in handwriting, whose evidence you will hear, it is undoubtedly addressed by the same hand that wrote the letter I have just read you.