"Very well," said Sir Terence curtly. "We will pass on. After
the body of Count Samoval had been removed from the courtyard, did
Mullins, my butler, come to you?"

"Yes, Sir Terence."

"What was his message? Please tell the court."

"He brought me a letter with instructions that it was to be
forwarded first thing in the morning to the Commissary-General's
office."

"Did he make any statement beyond that when he delivered that
letter?"

The sergeant pondered a moment. "Only that he had been bringing
it when he found Count Samoval's body."

"That is all I wish to ask, Sir Harry," O'Moy intimated, and
looked round at his fellow-members of that court as if to inquire
whether they had drawn any inference from the sergeant's statements.

"Have you any questions to ask the witness, Captain Tremayne?" the
president inquired.

"None, sir," replied the prisoner.

Came Private Bates next, and Sir Terence proceeded to question him..

"You said in your evidence that Captain Tremayne arrived at Monsanto