“Just after.”
“Just after. How long after?”
“As far as I can remember, about a fortnight after.”
“The lady who met with that adventure is your second daughter, is she not?”
“Yes.”
“And is now Mrs Dorrien, the wife of the prisoner?”
“Yes.”
“Ah! And now will you kindly tell the Court the circumstances of that—er—adventure?”
This the witness did, as briefly as possible. The tale was not new to the audience, few of whom, however, had heard it at first-hand. It was listened to with vivid interest, particularly the facts relating to the rescue by the mysterious stranger. Him—being asked to do so—the witness described to the best of his ability.
“This stranger—this Mr Robert Durnford—gave you an address, you say—a London address? Did you ever apply at that address?”