I had trouble in carrying that." "Was the ground slippery ?" "It was snowy and it was uneven.

I stumbled more than once in crossing the links." "Mr.Cumberland, is there anything you would like to say in your own defence before I close this examination ?" The prisoner thus appealed to, let his eye rest for a moment on the judge, then on the jury, and finally on one little white face lifted from the crowd before him as if to meet and absorb his look.

Then he straightened himself, and in a quiet and perfectly natural voice, uttered these simple words: "Nothing but this: I am innocent." XXVI THE SYLLABLE OF DOOM I alit On a great ship lightning-split, And speeded hither on the sigh Of one who gave an enemy His plank, then plunged aside to die.
_Prometheus Unbound_.
Recess followed.

Clifton and I had the opportunity of exchanging a few words.

He was voluble; I was reticent.