No, it had to be concluded slowly and majestically, with due forms and expenses.

New witnesses (such as doctors) had to be called, and old ones recalled.

Duncan Farll, for instance, had to be recalled, and if the situation was ignominious for Priam it was also ignominious for Duncan.

Duncan's sole advantage in his defeat was that the judge did not skin him alive in the summing up, nor the jury in their verdict.

England breathed more freely when the affair was finally over and the renowned artistes engaged had withdrawn enveloped in glory.