"Who is this J.W.?" was written in one place. "How did F.D. become
acquainted with him?"

In another place, where Wiggins gave his testimony about the note, was
written: "Where was J.W. during that hour? Had he gone to Everton
himself?"

And again: "J.W. was the friend of F.D., and wished to save him. Might
he not have done more?"

Again: "Mark well! J.W. is a Liverpool man. H. was a Liverpool man. Had
F.D. ever heard of even the name of H. before the forgery? What was the
nature of the dealings between F.D. and J.W.?"

Again, when Dalton's silence was so sharply commented on and urged as
proof of his guilt, there occurred the following: "If F.D. was silent,
why did not J.W. open his mouth? Must he not have known at least
something? Could he not have set the authorities upon the track of the
real criminal, and thus have saved F.D.?"

Again: "The Maltese cross did not belong to Dalton. He had ordered it to
be made. For whom? Was it not for this same friend for whom he was now
suffering? Was not this friend the murderer? Has he not thrown suspicion
upon F.D. by that writing in blood? The same one who committed the
murder wrote the false charge, and left the Maltese cross."

Other notes of similar character occurred in various places, but those
which impressed Edith most were the following:

"F.D. was evidently betrayed by his false friend. Was not that false