Those were the instructions." "And it was sent on June 24th." "Yes, sir.

It was entered in our book." The book in question was produced and handed to the jury and the judge.
"That is all, Mrs.Assheton." She stepped into the box, and smiled at Morris.

There was no murmur of sympathy, no rustling; the whole thing was too tense.
"You returned home on June 24th last, from a visit to town ?" "Yes." "At what time ?" "I could not say to the minute.

But about eleven in the morning." "You found letters waiting for you ?" "Yes." "Anything else ?" "A parcel." "What did it contain ?" "A blotting-book.

It was a present from my son on my birthday." "Is this the blotting-book ?" "Yes." "What did you do with it ?" "I opened it and placed it on my writing table in the drawing-room." "Thank you; that is all." There was no cross-examination of this witness, and after the pause, the counsel for the defence spoke again.
"Superintendent Figgis." "You searched the house of Mrs.Assheton in Sussex Square ?" "Yes, sir." "What did you take from it ?" "A leaf from a blotting-book, sir." "Was it that leaf which has been already produced in court, bearing the impress of a letter dated June 21st ?" "Yes, sir." "Where was the blotting-book ?" "On the writing-table in the drawing-room, sir." "You did not examine the blotting-book in any way ?" "No, sir." Counsel opened the book and fitted the torn out leaf into its place.
"We have here the impress of a letter dated June 21st, written in a new blotting-book that did not arrive at Mrs.Assheton's house from the shop till June 24th.