I read very little, and that was only about the first days of the trial and the swearing in of jurors.

This is the first time I have heard any mention made of marks, and I do not understand yet what you allude to." District Attorney Fox cast at Mr.Moffat an eloquent glance, which that gentleman bore unmoved; then turning back to the witness, he addressed her in milder and more considerate tones than were usually heard from him in cross-examination, and asked: "Did you hold your sister's hands all the time she lay dying, as you thought, on the lounge ?" "Yes, yes." "And did not see her raise them once ?" "No, no." "How was it when you let go of them?
Where did they fall then ?" "On her breast.

I laid them down softly and crossed them.

I did not leave her till I had done this and closed her eyes." "And what did you do then ?" "I went for the note, to burn it." "Miss Cumberland, in your direct examination, you said that you stopped still as you crossed the floor at the time, thinking that your sister called, and that you looked back at her to see." "Yes, sir." "Were her hands crossed then ?" "Yes, sir, just the same." "And afterward, when you came from the fire after waiting some little time for courage ?" "Yes, yes.

There were no signs of movement.