Mr.Wilde had not told them why he had that suite of rooms at the Savoy Hotel.

Parker would tell them what happened on arriving there.

This was the scandal Lord Queensberry had referred to in his letter as far back as June or July last year.

The jury would wonder not at the reports having reached Lord Queensberry's ears, but that Oscar Wilde had been tolerated in London society as long as he had been.

Parker had since enlisted in the Army, and bore a good character.