He was very pale, but there was both authority and tension in his bearing.
"I have been consulting with Miss Boyce," said Wharton, with equal distance of manner, "as to the petition we are sending up to the Home Office." Aldous made no reply.
"One word, Miss Boyce,"-- Wharton quietly turned to her.

"May I ask you to read the petition carefully, before you attempt to do anything with it?
It lays stress on the _only_ doubt that can reasonably be felt after the evidence, and after the judge's summing up.

That particular doubt I hold to be entirely untouched by the trial; but it requires careful stating--the issues may easily be confused." "Will you come ?" said Aldous to Marcella.

What she chose to think the forced patience of his tone exasperated her.
"I will do everything I can," she said in a low, distinct voice to Wharton.

"Good-bye." She held out her hand.