He was arrested--and Harker was the man who arrested him." "Dear me!" exclaimed Mitchington.

"Now, if I'd only known--" "You'll know a lot before I'm through," said Bryce.

"Now, Harker, of course, can tell a lot--yet it's unsatisfying.

Brake could make no defence--but his counsel threw out strange hints and suggestions--all to the effect that Brake had been cruelly and wickedly deceived--in fact, as it were, trapped into doing what he did.

And--by a man whom he'd trusted as a close friend.