"I will tell him just how you feel about it,—that you are confident he is innocent."
"Thank you, sir; he will be so comforted by it."
"And to-morrow he will probably be examined before the magistrate."
"Then he will discharge him, I know!"
"I fear not; if there are reasonable grounds for supposing him guilty, he will be committed to await the action of the grand jury."
"Then it will be weeks and months before they prove his innocence," interposed the widow.
"The grand jury is in session now; all they will do, if they find a bill against him, will be to commit him for trial."
"That makes three times they will try him," said Mrs. Weston, perplexed by the complications of the law. "Must he stay in prison till all these trials are finished?"
"He can be bailed out to-morrow, after his examination."
"I must give bonds for him, must I?"