Nor do I believe that he would have consented
to meet Samoval without my knowledge."
"Not perhaps unless Captain Tremayne desired to keep the matter
secret, in view of the general order, which is precisely what it is
contended that he did."
"Falsely contended, then," snapped Major Carruthers, to be instantly
rebuked by the president.
He sat down in a huff, and the judge-advocate called Private Bates,
who had been on sentry duty on the night of the 28th, to corroborate
the evidence of the sergeant of the guard as to the hour at which
the prisoner had driven up to Monsanto in his curricle.
Private Bates having been heard, Major Swan announced that he did
not propose to call any further witnesses, and resumed his seat.
Thereupon, to the president's invitation, Captain Tremayne replied
that he had no witnesses to call at all.
"In that case, Major Swan," said Sir Harry, "the court will be glad
to hear you further."
And Major Swan came to his feet again to address the court for the
prosecution.
CHAPTER XVII
BITTER WATER
Major Swan may or may not have been a gifted soldier. History is
silent on the point. But the surviving records of the court-martial
with which we are concerned go to show that he was certainly not a
gifted speaker.
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