"I know it was thirty years ago, 'cause it was the Wilchester Assizes at which the Mallows & Chidforth case was tried.

Yes--thirty years.

Eighteen hundred and eighty-one was the year.

Mallows & Chidforth--aye!" "Famous case that, sir ?" asked Stoner.

He was almost bursting with excitement by that time, and he took a big gulp of whisky and water to calm himself.