God grant that none of the prisoners may reveal the truth and compromise the defence; if they do, we must rely on our cross-examinations." Laurence wrung her hands in despair and raised her eyes to heaven with a despondent look, for she saw at last in all its depths the gulf into which her cousins had fallen.

The marquis and the young lawyer agreed with the dreadful view of Bordin.

Old d'Hauteserre wept.
"Ah! why did they not listen to the Abbe Goujet and fly!" cried Madame d'Hauteserre, exasperated.
"If they could have escaped, and you prevented them," said Bordin, "you have killed them yourselves.

Judgment by default gains time; time enables the innocent to clear themselves.

This is the most mysterious case I have ever known in my life, in the course of which I have certainly seen and known many strange things." "It is inexplicable to every one, even to us," said Monsieur de Grandville.