of Mr. Constant's bedroom buried deeply in the side of
prisoner's leather sofa. I found what I imagine to be the letter he
received on December 3d, in the pages of a 'Bradshaw' lying under the
same sofa. There were two razors about."

Mr. Spigot, Q. C., said: "The key has already been identified by Mrs.
Drabdump. The letter I now propose to read."

It was undated, and ran as follows:

"Dear Tom--This is to bid you farewell. It is the best for us all.
I am going a long way, dearest. Do not seek to find me, for it will
be useless. Think of me as one swallowed up by the waters, and be
assured that it is only to spare you shame and humiliation in the
future that I tear myself from you and all the sweetness of life.
Darling, there is no other way. I feel you could never marry me
now. I have felt it for months. Dear Tom, you will understand what
I mean. We must look facts in the face. I hope you will always be
friends with Mr. Constant. Good by, dear. God bless you! May you
always be happy, and find a worthier wife than I. Perhaps when you
are great, and rich, and famous, as you deserve, you will sometimes
think not unkindly of one who, however faulty and unworthy of you,
will at least love you till the end. Yours, till death,

"Jessie."

By the time this letter was finished numerous old gentlemen, with wigs
or without, were observed to be polishing their glasses. Mr. Wimp's
examination was resumed.

"After making these discoveries what did you do?"

"I made inquiries about Miss Dymond, and found Mr. Constant had visited
her once or twice in the evening. I imagined there would be some traces
of a pecuniary connection. I was allowed by the family to inspect Mr.
Constant's check-book, and found a paid check made out for L25 in the
name of Miss Dymond. By inquiry at the Bank, I found it had been cashed
on November 12th of last year. I then applied for a warrant against the
prisoner."

Cross-examined: "Do you suggest that the prisoner opened Mr. Constant's
bedroom with the key you found?"

"Certainly."

Brown-Harland, Q. C. (sarcastically): "And locked the door from within
with it on leaving?"

"Certainly."

"Will you have the goodness to explain how the trick was done?"

"It wasn't done. (Laughter.) The prisoner probably locked the door from
the outside. Those who broke it open naturally imagined it had been
locked from the inside when they fo