"No," said Beryl, raising his pale eyes and looking as sad as any owl. "I fear he is dead in his sin."
"You can't be sure if he did sin, Mr. Beryl."
"The jury thought so."
"A jury is not always infallible!"
"I think the case had a fair hearing, Mr. Durham. So far as I am concerned I should have been pleased had the verdict been otherwise. It is not pleasant for me to have a relative accused of such a crime. But since he is dead let his evil rest with him. You will not hear me say a word against his memory," added the virtuous Julius.
"Perhaps it will be as well," replied Durham, dryly. "You never were a friend of Bernard's."
"All the more praise to me that I should not run him down."
"Tell me, Beryl, do you really believe he committed the crime?"
"I answered that indirectly before. Yes, I believe he was guilty."
"Then it is just as well he is dead."