As I did so, I heard a rustle somewhere about me on street or lawn.

I never knew whence it came, but I felt assured that neither her fears nor mine had been quite unfounded; that a listener had been posted somewhere near us and that a part, if not all, we had said had been overheard.

I was furious for an instant, then the soothing thought came that possibly Providence had ordained that the Gordian knot should be cut in just this way.
But the event bore no ostensible fruit.

The week ended, and the case of the People _against_ Arthur Cumberland was moved for trial.
XXIV ALL THIS STOOD It's fit this royal session do proceed; And that, without delay, their arguments Be now produc'd and heard _King Henry VIII_.
There was difficulty, as you will conceive, in selecting an unprejudiced jury.

But this once having been accomplished, the case went quickly and smoothly on under the able guidance of the prosecuting attorney.
I shall spare you the opening details, also much of the preliminary testimony.