It is through your probity that I hope to demonstrate my innocence." "What an actor!" thought the magistrate.

"Can crime be so strong as this ?" He glanced over his papers, reading certain passages of the preceding depositions, turning down the corners of certain pages which contained important information.

Then suddenly he resumed, "When you were arrested, you cried out, 'I am lost,' what did you mean by that ?" "Sir," replied Albert, "I remember having uttered those words.

When I knew of what crime I was accused, I was overwhelmed with consternation.
My mind was, as it were, enlightened by a glimpse of the future.

In a moment, I perceived all the horror of my situation.