seemed heavy, and
was walking towards the Caledonian Railway Station.

"But the most thrilling moment in that sensational trial was reached on
the second day, when David Graham, looking wretchedly ill, unkempt, and
haggard, stepped into the witness-box. A murmur of sympathy went round
the audience at sight of him, who was the second, perhaps, most deeply
stricken victim of the Charlotte Square tragedy.

"David Graham, in answer to Crown Counsel, gave an account of his last
interview with Lady Donaldson.

"'Tremlett had told me that she seemed anxious and upset, and I went to
have a chat with her; she soon cheered up and....'

"There the unfortunate young man hesitated visibly, but after a while
resumed with an obvious effort.

"'She spoke of my marriage, and of the gift she was about to bestow upon
me. She said the diamonds would be for my wife, and after that for my
daughter, if I had one. She also complained that Mr. Macfinlay had been
so punctilious about preparing the deed of gift, and that it was a great
pity the L100,000 could not just pass from her hands to mine without so
much fuss.

"'I stayed talking with her for about half an hour; then I left her, as
she seemed ready to go to bed; but I told her maid to listen at the door
in about an hour's time.'

"There was deep silence in the court for a few moments, a silence which
to me seemed almost electrical. It was as if, some time before it was
uttered, the next question put by Crown Counsel to the witness had
hovered in the air.

"'You were engaged to Miss Edith Crawford at one time, were you not?'

"One felt, rather than heard, the almost inaudible 'Yes' which escaped
from David Graham's compressed lips.

"'Under what circumstances was that engagement broken off?'

"Sir James Fenwick had already risen in protest, but David Graham had
been the first to speak.

"'I do not think that I need answer that question.'

"'I will put it in a different form, then,' said Crown Counsel
urbanely--'one to which my learned friend cannot possibly take
exception. Did you or did you not on October 27th receive a letter from
the accused, in which she desired to be released from her promise of
marriage to you?'

"Again David Graham would have refused to answer, and he certainly gave
no audible reply to the learned counsel's question; but every one in the
audience there present--aye, every member of the jury and of the
bar--read upon David Graham's pale countenance a