"It was the month of May at my home in the city."
"In the parlor of your house?"
"Even so."
"On what date, if you remember?"
"Early in May, but the day escapes me."
"State the substance of your conversation."
"The youth had been a sinner, but his heart was touched and he unburdened his misdeeds to me, of which this was the gravest:
"While he was still unregenerate a certain youth of his own age"—she looked full at Robert—"had tempted him with a bribe to enter a certain house wrongfully and open a certain safe. For the youth had cunning in that craft. The room he entered was filled with books and a canary bird slept in his cage, for it was evening, and a desk stood before a window in one corner."
"I desire to call the attention of the jury to this description," said the district attorney. "It corresponds strikingly with the description of Prof. Arnold's study in the printed copy of Bertha Lund's testimony at the hearing, which is in their possession. Proceed, Miss Lamb."
"And the name of the tempter was Robert Floyd." The hush deepened perceptibly as Serena paused.