Is it possible to prove that Mrs.Vrain removed this dagger ?" "Nobody actually saw it in her possession," replied Diana, who was more amenable to reason than the majority of her sex, "but I can prove that the stiletto, with its ribbon, remained in the library after the departure of my father.

If Lydia did not take it, who else had occasion to bring it up to London ?" "Let us say Count Ferruci," suggested Denzil.
Diana pointed to the fragment of the veil lying on the table.

"On the evidence of that piece of gauze," she said, "it was Lydia who entered the house.

Again, you saw her shadow on the window blind." "I saw two shadows," corrected Lucian hastily, "those of a man and a woman." "In plain English, Mr.Denzil, those of Mrs.Vrain and Count Ferruci." "We cannot be certain of that." "But circumstantial evidence----" "Is not always conclusive, Miss Vrain." "Upon my word, sir, you seem inclined to defend this woman!" "Miss Vrain," said Lucian seriously, "if we don't give her the benefit of every doubt the jury will, should she be tried on this charge.

I admit that the evidence against this woman is strong, but it is not certain; and I argue the case looking at it from her point of view--the only view which is likely to be taken by her counsel.