It is just possible that there might have been some reference made to the Trial in my father's letters from England.

If there were, he never told me of it.

Or, if he did mention the case, I felt no interest in it, and forgot it again directly.

Tell me--what has the Verdict to do with my husband's horrible doubt of us?
Eustace is a free man.

The Verdict was Not Guilty, of course ?" Major Fitz-David shook his head sadly.
"Eustace was tried in Scotland," he said.