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CHAPTER VII.
rue INQUIRY C0NCLupED.

UNIV 'sS in answer TO The ftdsgistrate'a
& 't;p, As to what hour be left Verey'a
Ss s' niaht Of the MURDER notwithstapd-
N. caution be had received to be care
NJ replied sivory, "if r had commit
tbis crime, l should have known the
~ which l had done it, and 90 then l
III have said that l only left Yerey's
Inc, and thereby ] should try 70 prove
innocence, ~ .QsAAl. l.issh.
sut possibly, on the other side, II might
been shown that you did leave before
II. .lIlEE III
would be very difficult to do 80, sir.
he people who dine at Verey's usually
very late. It will frequently happen
people will be dining there quite as
4, nine o'clock; and out Of the half.
N walters, have little doubt three
Of four would swearI was one Of the
customers to leave the house-as, in
| livery frequently am. When i ssid
I left verey's ABOUT eight, ] was en-
voring to be as exact as possible"
Well, you left Verey's at eight. Where
you then go'' .,.
Hsbitually ] walk for an hour after
hG-geDerally. in autumn and winter,
10 the parks are closed early, along
Iadilly, and then back again."
Then some Of your friends probably
you, and you chatted with them. Do
lsuember their wordsp ,I.,, +.
worry very naturally reflected q few
nsl. is. and then he replied. mo. I don't
X l met o man l knew. / believe /
kel up to the Park gates alone, and re-
Jed alone, without meeting any &C.
(ntance." s4Hg.,s.a "a
taugew replied the magistrate. ''for
las very fine evening, and the streets
) crowded with people. and you were
king where most of your friends
ID be found did they happen to be
quite true; but 1t is nevertheless equal
britain that l did not see upon that par.
lar evening. as far as my memory
les me, any friend walking along Pic
Ply. However, pray remember, sir,
between eight and nine, most men
myself are either resting after dinner,
b visiting. Again. if on that particu-
eieht there happened to be 8 new piece
luced at one of the best theatres. that
||dtake off most of my friends"
Rsll after an hours walking in Picca-
where did you then goi"s gBagFH
went home for q few moments."
(Gording to you, it was then ninei"
Iine-about." ....1 .aG. "-j ;
lou live in the Albany"
(@.p 80 ' .....,
Pid the porter see you 90 inf"
don't know"
70 has told the police that you did not
pine before ten." &%h'
lme-half-past nine-or ten-they are
q the same for sleepy porter in q hot
lodge" .'rg~Ir-.I -
(oW came You to 60 home at this timei
P|.ally you would be dressed for the
pug before dinner, and you would 60
the dinner-table IN v.,nr club ov
Rherein '''' ~ 80
cal can answer that question very readi.
Hhen dressed put on q light over.
out the evening turning chilly, / had
~ 70 change it for q thicker one"
uouid 1t not have been simpler at once
.sVe gone to the house where. you re- |
bed all night ~
20 doubt. had had the least knowl.
~ the time that l should have re-.
rea I's! There. The police appear to have
'"eu up my movements very re.
.aoly' But it was precisely because !
sqoat o, to visit at the house IN quest tion, !
old change my over-coat; for, gen.
\ Wnen ! visit there, l do not leave
I p'asy a,S until very late-perhaps two OF
! o'clock in the morning." /
uut This exchange of coats may sue.
.omy mind a possibility which is BY
.;ans favorable to the supposition Of
Innocence"
n y nat possibilityW o.i A.. 'aa '
'ia' "a you may have changed your over.
~ unos' consequence s. of certain spots Of
! upon the one you must have bean
|,"g o"S az az, the time Mr.. Forbes died-spots
'N WHICH would tell terribly against
w. uas u spots Of blood n asked Austin
te' e. '''A'ns IN amazement At the mag I,
Nw. & g.a4ri - Hnl Lv" n r.
awayp 80 - 's0uIeApi"'"
'sp1ain aaa them away. Are there er,,, amt.
'Sa Sa On my summer overcoat : You
esnaS. speaking at random. l am sure
esn s~unot 41 be blood-marks upon my coat:
1D 'nere DO f"o'a.a .gtl1a1lJ =, bal
nd %a ~ e,strate : St was 'bafaed, Tor the 30. y
oassa aslstrates asls know that, in ninety.
il 1"eS "";,o out OF one hundred, whenever a
red d14i'y' ~ directly spots of blood are
fon,'S M w. ne accepts it that they have
adm" a, "a ana accounts. for the stains by
,1ne .ne, at the nose, or q cut finger
Saul bacn statement upon Austin's part
straw, se damaged him fatally in the
,ss'es essoe' Judgment; for the overcoat