[The Queen of Hearts by Wilkie Collins]@TWC D-Link bookThe Queen of Hearts CHAPTER VI 5/37
"A pretty good match, your worship," continued Mr.Dark.
"I have no doubt the gentleman's head feels cooler now it's off.
We can't put the whiskers on, I'm afraid, but they match the hair; and they are in the paper (if one may say such a thing of whiskers) to speak for themselves." "Lies! lies! lies!" screamed Josephine, losing her wicked self-control at this stage of the proceedings. The justice made a sign to two of the constables present as she burst out with those exclamations, and the men removed her to an adjoining room. The second servant from the Hall was then put in the box, and was followed by one of the tenants.
After what they had heard and seen, neither of these men had any hesitation in swearing positively to their master's identity. "It is quite unnecessary," said the justice, as soon as the box was empty again, "to examine any more witnesses as to the question of identity.
All the legal formalities are accomplished, and the charge against the prisoners falls to the ground.
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