"I must go; please help me.

He may be tried before I can get there!" "Alas! I fear that will be the case, whatever haste you make.

The trial was to come on at the Hellingford Assizes, and that town stands first on the Midland Circuit list.

To-day is the 27th of February; the assizes begin on the 7th of March." "I will start to-morrow morning early for Civita; there may be a boat there they do not know of here.

At any rate, I shall be on my way.