Let her decide.
And, awaiting that decision, he stood there, silent, like a man considering.

And then, because no woman's voice broke the silence to proclaim at once his innocence, and the alibi that must ensure his acquittal, he spoke at last.
"I thank you, sir.

Indeed, I am very grateful to the court for the consideration it has shown me.

I appreciate it deeply, but I have nothing more to say." And then, when all seemed lost, a woman's voice rang out at last: "But I have!" Its sharp, almost strident note acted like an electric discharge upon the court; but no member of the assembly was more deeply stricken than Captain Tremayne.

For though the voice was a woman's, yet it was not the voice for which he had been waiting.
In his excitement he turned, to see Miss Armytage standing there, straight and stiff, her white face stamped with purpose; and beside her, still seated, clutching her arm in an agony of fear, Lady O'Moy, murmuring for all to hear her: "No, no, Sylvia.