The marks of Cat-Eye Mose were admitted immediately, but the others occasioned considerable discussion.
Facsimiles of the prints were produced and compared with the riding boots which the Colonel and Radnor had worn at the time.

The Colonel's print was unmistakable, but I myself did not think that the alleged print of Radnor's boot tallied very perfectly with the boot itself.

The jury seemed satisfied however, and Radnor was called upon for an explanation.

His only conjecture was that it was the print he had left when he passed over the path on his way to the entrance.
The print was not in the path, he was informed; it was in the wet clay on the edge of the precipice.
Radnor shrugged.

In that case it could not be the print of his boot.