There was much to show what provocation she had suffered, but there was no proof that she had yielded to it.

On the contrary she had endured so long, the presumption must be that she would go on enduring to the end.
And there was other evidence--positive evidence given by Thresk which could not be gainsaid.
Mr.Hazlewood replaced his cuttings in the drawer; and he was utterly discontented.

He had hoped for another result.

There was only one point which puzzled him and that had nothing really to do with the trial, but it puzzled him so much that it slipped out at luncheon.
"Richard," he said, "I cannot understand why the name of Thresk is so familiar to me." Dick glanced quickly at his father.
"You have been reading over again the accounts of the trial." Mr.Hazlewood looked confused.
"And a very natural proceeding, Richard," he declared.

"But while reading over the trial I found the name Thresk familiar to me in another connection, but I cannot remember what the connection is." Dick could not help him, nor was he at that time concerned by the failure of his father's memory.