oks. Eh, sirs! The vera
cut of her 'ee wad convict her, handsome as she is!" whispered another.

"Ay, she looks as if she could ha ta'en a hand in the murther as well as
in the robbery," muttered a third. And so on.

These comments were made in so low a tone that they did not in the least
disturb the decorum of the court.

"Your name is Rose Scott, then?" proceeded Counsellor Keir.

"Ay, it is."

"What is your age?"

"Twenty-six come next Michael-mas."

"Your residence?"

"Are ye meaning my hame?"

"Yes, your home."

"I dinna just ken. It used to be Ben Lone on the Duk' o Harewood's
estate, when I waur a lass. Sin I hae been a guid wife I hae bided in
Westminster Road, Lunnun."

At the mention of Westminster Road, the Duke of Hereward started
slightly, and bent forward to give closer attention to the words of
the witness.

"With whom did you live in Westminster Road?" proceeded the examiner.

"Wi' my ain guid man, ye daft fule!" exclaimed Rose Cameron, in a rage.
"Wha else suld I bide wi'? And noo, ye'll speer nae mair questions anent
my ain preevit life, for I'll nae answer any sic. A woman maunna gie
testimony in open coort against her ain husband, I'm thinking."

"Certainly not."

"Sae I thocht!" said Rose Cameron, cunningly. "And sae ye'll speer nae
mair questions anent my ain preevit affair; but just keep ye to the
point, and it please ye! I am here to tell all I ken anent the murther
and robbery at Castle Lone! Ay! and I will tell a' hang wha' it may!" she
added, with a most vindictive glare at the Duke of Hereward.

"The witness is right so far. We have nothing whatever to do with her
domestic status. Proceed with the examination, and keep to the point,"
interposed the judge.

"We will, my lord. We only wished to prove the fact that the witness was
living on the most intimate terms with one of the parties suspected of
the murder."

"I waur living wi' my ain husband, as I telt ye before, ye born idiwat!
An' I'm no ca'd upon to witness for or against him. Sae I'll tell ye a' I
ked anent the murther and the robbery at Castle Lone; but de'il hae me
gin I tell ye onything else!" exclaimed Rose Cameron.

"The witness is quite right in her premises, though censurable in her
manner of expressing them. Proceed with the examination," said the judge.

The assistant Q.C. bowed to the Bench and turned to the witness.

"Tell us, then, where you were on the night of the murder."

"I waur in the grou