"I used to know it. It was a rival of my own paper, 'The Firebrand,' and a most unscrupulous paper."
"Perhaps you remember this?"
Garnett handed the paper across the table to Denis.
Denis read the heading aloud to the Council, ending with the last lines: "Case part heard."
"Have you the next issue of this rag?" he asked. "If so, you will find that the result of this case was a complete vindication. I was triumphantly acquitted. A month later you will find an abject apology from 'The Investigator.' This was a trumped-up affair, the work of my enemies. To-morrow I shall publish the full details in 'The Mercury.'"
But the Council were determined that he should no longer be heard. When he asked again:
"May I read this document?" the Mayor replied:
"I do not think it is in order."
"I intend to read it," cried Denis.