"Only one charge was entered in the book, that of attempted suicide, the constable's suspicions as to the bundle the woman threw into the river being deemed of too vague a nature to frame an accusation upon.
"'Your name?' asked the Inspector of the woman.
"At this question she was seized with a sudden trembling; her white face grew whiter; her hands wandered feebly, aimlessly around, and had it not been for the support afforded her by our reporter, who held her up, she might have fallen insensible to the ground.
"'Do not give way,' he whispered, 'think of your daughter.'"
[CHAPTER XVII.]
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY.
"These words strengthened her, and she drew herself up.
"'Your name?' again asked Inspector Jealous.
"'Mrs. Weston,' she replied, with a certain hesitation, and a sudden color in her face.
"'Christian name?'