"There was a note accompanying it," Mrs. Barton added.
"Let me see it."
"I will read it," said Mr. Conway, taking it in his hand.
This note has already been quoted in Chapter XI.
Mr. Jones looked somewhat nonplussed.
"I am free to confess," he said, after a pause, "that I doubt the genuineness of this note. Nothing could be easier than to prepare it."
"I appeal to the court to protect the witness from insult," interposed Mr. Conway.
"I do not consider that she has been insulted," said Squire Marlowe coldly. "The credibility of testimony is always a matter to be considered."
Mr. Jones eyed the young lawyer with a triumphant smile.
"Have you any further questions to put, Mr. Jones?" added Conway.