drawn by Sir Terence from the sentry appeared flatly to contradict
Captain Tremayne's own account of his movements on the night in
question.

"You told the court," O'Moy addressed the witness Mullins, consulting
his notes as he did so, "that on the night on which Count Samoval met
his death, I sent you at ten minutes past twelve to take a letter to
the sergeant of the guard, an urgent letter which was to be forwarded
to its destination first thing on the following morning. And it was
in fact in the course of going upon this errand that you discovered
the prisoner kneeling beside the body of Count Samoval. This is
correct, is it not?"

"It is, sir."

" Will you now inform the court to whom that letter was addressed?"

"It was addressed to the Commissary-General."

"You read the superscription?"

"I am not sure whether I did that, but I clearly remember, sir, that
you told me at the time that it was for the Commissary-General."

Sir Terence signified that he had no more to ask, and again the
president invited the prisoner to question the witness, to receive
again the prisoner's unvarying refusal.

And now O'Moy rose in his place to announce that he had himself a
further statement to, make to the court, a statement which he had