Do you remember what I said when we were together in the back room at Major Fitz-David's house?
I told you that the first thought that came to me, when I heard what the Scotch jury had done, was the thought of setting their vile Verdict right.

Well! Your letter has fixed this idea more firmly in my mind than ever.

The only chance that I can see of winning you back to me, in the character of a penitent and loving husband, is to change that underhand Scotch Verdict of Not Proven into an honest English Verdict of Not Guilty.
"Are you surprised at the knowledge of the law which this way of writing betrays in an ignorant woman?
I have been learning, my dear: the Law and the Lady have begun by understanding one another.

In plain English, I have looked into Ogilvie's 'Imperial Dictionary,' and Ogilvie tells me, 'A verdict of Not Proven only indicates that, in the opinion of the jury, there is a deficiency in the evidence to convict the prisoner.

A verdict of Not Guilty imports the jury's opinion that the prisoner is innocent.' Eustace, that shall be the opinion of the world in general, and of the Scotch jury in particular, in your case.