"Driven into the ruin by a torrent of rain, I found a dead body lying there among the straw; it filled me with alarm and dismay, so I hastened from the place."
"Leaving behind you a walking-stick?"
"Yes, sir; it would appear so."
"Covered with blood."
"Most likely," said Quentin, remembering the wound he had received from Cosmo's hand.
"All this, Colonel Grant, has nothing to do with the case," urged Warriston, firmly.
"It seems to cast grave doubts on the previous character and antecedents of the prisoner."
"It seems also to show the peculiar vindictiveness of the prosecution."
"You are unwise, Captain Warriston," said the president, severely.
"I am here as the friend of the prisoner."