Count Samoval consented, but with the promise, rather threateningly delivered, that it should be continued at another time.

That, sir, is all, I think." "Have you any questions for the witness, Captain Tremayne ?" inquired the judge-advocate.
As before, Captain Tremayne's answer was in the negative, coupled with the now usual admission that Colonel Grant's statement accorded perfectly with his own recollection of the facts.
The court, however, desired enlightenment on several subjects.

Came first of all Carruthers's inquiries as to the bearing of the prisoner when ordered under arrest, eliciting from Colonel Grant a variant of the usual reply.
"It was not inconsistent with innocence," he said.
It was an answer which appeared to startle the court, and perhaps Carruthers would have acted best in Tremayne's interest had he left the question there.

But having obtained so much he eagerly sought for more.
"Would you say that it was inconsistent with guilt ?" he cried.
Colonel Grant smiled slowly, and slowly shook his head.

"I fear I could not go so far, as that," he answered, thereby plunging poor Carruthers into despair.
And now Colonel Fletcher voiced a question agitating the minds of several members of the count.
"Colonel Grant," he said, "you have told us that on the night in question you had Count Samoval under observation, and that upon word being brought to you of his movements by one of your agents you yourself followed him to Monsanto.