To acquit me meant that they discredited the sworn testimony not only of my Colonel's wife, but of the civil head of an important Government Mission, not to mention some bought Chinese evidence.

Am I the first man to be offered up as a sacrifice on the altar of official expediency ?" "But you are powerless now.

You can hardly hope to have your case revised.

What chance is there that your name will ever be cleared ?" "Mrs.Costobell can do it if she will.

The vagaries of such a woman are not to be depended on.