[CHAPTER IV.]
THE EXAMINATION OF MRS. PREEDY, CONTINUED FROM THE “EVENING MOON.”
Mr. White Lush: You are quite confident in your own mind that the letter is no longer in existence.
Witness: I can’t swear to that, sir.
Mr. White Lush: You swear that you know nothing of it whatever?
Witness: Yes, sir.
Mr. White Lush: Now, what were the contents of the letter?
Witness: It were to inform me that the droring-rooms had bolted——
Magistrate: Bolted?