Mr.Fox was considerate, and Mr.Moffat interrupted but seldom.

All could see that this noble-hearted girl, this heroine of all hearts was trying to tell the truth, and sympathy was with her, even that of the prosecution.

But certain facts had to be brought out, among them the blowing off of her hat on that hurried drive home through the ever thickening snow-storm--a fact easily accounted for, when one considered the thick coils of hair over which it had been drawn.
The circumstances connected with her arrival at the house were all carefully sifted, but nothing new came up, nor was her credibility as a witness shaken.

The prosecution had lost much by this witness, but it had also gained.

No doubt now remained that the ring was still on the victim's hand when she succumbed to the effects of the poison; and the possibility of another presence in the house during the fateful interview just recorded, had been strengthened, rather than lessened, by Carmel' s hesitating admissions.