“You mean that this sixth man has a spite against you?”
“A most bitter spite, your Excellency.”
“Have you given him any cause?”
“No cause whatever, your Excellency.”
“What is his name?”
“Oskar Heine.”
“Let Oskar Heine be called,” says the Governor.
As Oskar steps out of the dock Mona feels hot and dizzy. Being a prisoner he is not sworn.
He stands at the foot of the witness-box, but his head is up, and when he answers the questions of the advocate appointed to represent the prisoners he does not seem to be afraid.
“You have heard the evidence of the captain.”