She came in very white and trembling, accompanied by Miss Armytage,
whose admittance was suffered by the court, since she would not be
called upon to give evidence. One of the officers of the Fourteenth
seated on the extreme right of the table made gallant haste to set a
chair for her ladyship, which she accepted gratefully.
The oath administered, she was invited gently by Major Swan to tell
the court what she knew of the case before them.
"But - but I know nothing," she faltered in evident distress, and
Sir Terence, his elbow leaning on the table, covered his mouth with
his hand that its movements might not betray him. His eyes glowered
upon her with a ferocity that was hardly dissembled.
"If you will take the trouble to tell the court what you saw from
your balcony," the major insisted, "the court will be grateful."
Perceiving her agitation, and attributing it to nervousness, moved
also by that delicate loveliness of hers, and by deference to the
adjutant-generates lady, Sir Harry Stapleton intervened.
"Is Lady O'Moy's evidence really necessary?" he asked. "Does it
contribute any fresh fact regarding the discovery of the body?"
"No, sir," Major Swan admitted. "It is merely a corroboration
of what we have already heard from Mullins and Sir Terence.
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