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Several
witnesses
are
called
;
but
their
testimony
rather
favours
the
reverse
view
.
Some
of
them
testify
to
the
friendly
feeling
that
existed
between
the
prisoner
and
the
man
he
stands
charged
with
having
murdered
.
One
is
at
length
called
up
who
gives
evidence
of
the
opposite
.
It
is
Captain
Cassius
Calhoun
.
His
story
produces
a
complete
change
in
the
character
of
the
trial
.
It
not
only
discloses
a
motive
for
the
murder
,
but
darkens
the
deed
tenfold
.
After
a
craftily
worded
preface
,
in
which
he
declares
his
reluctance
to
make
the
exposure
,
he
ends
by
telling
all
:
the
scene
in
the
garden
;
the
quarrel
;
the
departure
of
Gerald
,
which
he
describes
as
having
been
accompanied
by
a
threat
;
his
being
followed
by
Henry
;
everything
but
the
true
motive
for
this
following
,
and
his
own
course
of
action
throughout
.
These
two
facts
he
keeps
carefully
to
himself
.
The
scandalous
revelation
causes
a
universal
surprise
--
alike
shared
by
judge
,
jury
,
and
spectators
.
It
exhibits
itself
in
an
unmistakable
manner
--
here
in
ominous
whisperings
,
there
in
ejaculations
of
anger
.
These
are
not
directed
towards
the
man
who
has
testified
;
but
against
him
who
stands
before
them
,
now
presumptively
charged
with
a
double
crime
:
the
assassination
of
a
son
--
the
defilement
of
a
daughter
!
A
groan
had
been
heard
as
the
terrible
testimony
proceeded
.
It
came
from
a
man
of
more
than
middle
age
--
of
sad
subdued
aspect
--
whom
all
knew
to
be
the
father
of
both
these
unfortunates
.
But
the
eyes
of
the
spectators
dwell
not
on
him
.
They
look
beyond
,
to
a
curtained
calèche
,
in
which
is
seen
seated
a
lady
:
so
fair
,
as
long
before
to
have
fixed
their
attention
.
Strange
are
the
glances
turned
upon
her
;
strange
,
though
not
inexplicable
:
for
it
is
Louise
Poindexter
who
occupies
the
carriage
Is
she
there
of
her
own
accord
--
by
her
own
free
will
?
