And then the dry voice of Wellington followed Sir Terence, cutting sharply upon the dismayed silence.
"How can you know that ?" he asked the adjutant.

"The matter is one upon which few would be qualified to contradict Miss Armytage.

You will observe, Sir Harry, that even Captain Tremayne has not thought it worth his while to do so." Those words pulled the captain from the spell of sheer horrified amazement in which he had stood, stricken dumb, ever since Miss Armytage had spoken.
"I--I--am so overwhelmed by the amazing falsehood with which Miss Armytage has attempted to save me from the predicament in which I stand.
For it is that, gentlemen.

On my oath as a soldier and a gentleman, there is not a word of truth in what Miss Armytage has said." "But if there were," said Lord Wellington, who seemed the only person present to retain a cool command of his wits, "your honour as a soldier and a gentleman--and this lady's honour--must still demand of you the perjury." "But, my lord, I protest--" "You are interrupting me, I think," Lord Wellington rebuked him coldly, and under the habit of obedience and the magnetic eye of his lordship the captain lapsed into anguished silence.
"I am of opinion, gentlemen," his lordship addressed the court, "that this affair has gone quite far enough.

Miss Armytage's testimony has saved a deal of trouble.