by his side. Both of them hounded my client down, tracked him over
the whole country--and what for, think you? For his blood--and yet both
have the presumption to sit there with smiling faces and to ask you to
believe they have done an heroic deed."

Mr. Qurves was practised in the art of rousing his audience to
indignation, and he paused to let the full effect of his outburst sink
into the hearts of his hearers.

"These are the outlines, your worship. I will now go into details.
Villiers Wyckliffe, my client, is the only son of the late Seymour
Wyckcliffe, the eminent banker, whose name is known throughout the
civilised world. On the death of his father, Mr. Wyckliffe, being
disinclined for a business life, converted the bank into a company and
retired. Now, given a young man of prepossessing appearance, of good
birth and standing, with ample means, does it not stand to reason that,
in a city like London, a young man of this description would have more
temptations thrown in his way than a more ordinary individual?
Furthermore, he was always a great favourite with the gentler sex, and
perhaps that fact alone was sufficient to rouse the ire of jealous
individuals, a fair specimen of whom we have before us in the defendant
Morris. Now, my client was introduced to a young lady at a ball, at the
lady's own request, and they sat out one dance together. The lady
proving to be very interested in him, and shewing a tendency to
monopolise his attention, time passed, so that instead of one dance
being missed, two were. The lady in question had merely remarked that as
she was engaged to her betrothed for the next dance, it did not matter
missing it. Also, in the course of the conversation, she mentioned, in a
manner that could not be misconstrued, that she would be walking on the
following day in the Park. Naturally, my client announced his intention
of being there too. They met, and for several days continued to meet,
just previous to the day the plaintiff had decided to start on his trip
to Australia. On his arrival here telegrams informed him that he was
being pursued. My client was surprised, but subsequently obtained the
information that the girl had fallen in love with him and broken off
with her betrothed, the defendant Morris. Now, I ask the Court if it is
surprising that a girl should do that? One has only to compare the two
men--even though you now see my client at a disadvantage--to perceive
how natural, how much a mat