Where  was  this  house  ?  What  was  the
street  ?  Who  was  this  doctor  of  which  he
speaks  ? — and  the  sick  man,  how  was  he
called  ?  "

•  "I  remember  his  name  well.  It  is  the
only  one  I  remember  among  all  I  heard,"
said  I  from  the  dock.
"Lot  us  hear  it,  then,"  said  the  lawyer,
half  contemptuously.
"Daniel  Fortescue  was  the  name  he  was
called  by."

Scarcely  was  the  name  uttered  by  me,
when  Crofts  leaned  back  in  his  seat  and  lie-
came  pale  as  death,  while,  stretching  out
his  baud,   he   took  hold  of   the  lawyer's


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gown  and  drew  him  toward  him.  For  a
second  or  two  he  continued  to  speak  with
rapid  utterance  in  the  advocate's  ear,  and
then  covering  his  face  with  his  handker-
chief, leaned  his  head  on  the  rail  before
him.
