The worst of it is that, even if I am acquitted, lots of people will still think I am guilty.

There is only one thing that can really prove my innocence, and that is the arrest of Tom Thorne, and his father." "I hear," the schoolmaster said, "that the chief constable has written up to Bow Street, for them to put the runners on the traces of those two scoundrels.

Whether they believe your story or not, it is quite evident that more than one person was concerned in the affair.

Their theory, of course, is that you quarrelled with the others over the division of the spoil; and got that knock on the head, which is a very severe one.

I went down yesterday with Jones, to see the spot where you said you were assaulted.