In another week the case would be coldly left with a shrug of the shoulders to the Law Courts.

But unexpectedly curiosity was stirred again, for the day after Thresk had called upon the lawyer, when the case for the Crown was at an end, Mrs.Ballantyne's counsel, Mr.Travers, asked permission to recall Baram Singh.

Permission was granted, and Baram Singh once more took his place in the witness-box.
Mr.Travers leant against the desk behind him and put his questions with the most significant slowness.
"I wish to ask you, Baram Singh," he said, "about the dinner-table on the Thursday night.

You laid it ?" "Yes," replied Baram Singh.
"For how many ?" "For three." There was a movement through the whole court.
"Yes," said Mr.Travers, "Captain Ballantyne had a visitor that night." Baram Singh agreed.
"Look round the court and tell the magistrate if you can see here the man who dined with Captain Ballantyne and his wife that night." For a moment the court was filled with the noise of murmuring.

The usher cried "Silence!" and the murmuring ceased.