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Oh the face of it, the end of the double tragedy seemed to be inevitable. After four days' patient trial by a jury of his fellow-countrymen and a fair summing up, Tom Gilchrist had been found guilty of the murder of Sir Walter Vanguard and, unless some miracle happened, it was certain that he would find himself standing on the gallows. For the most part the public regarded him as guilty, though there were one or two who were inclined to question the verdict.
Parkhurst, for one, had not expected it. To his legal mind, there had been one or two flaws in the evidence and he still hoped to prove this on appeal. Of course, there would be an appeal in the course of two or three weeks, but if it was to be successful, Parkhurst would want something more than mere suspicion of some third party to save the neck of his unfortunate client. It seemed to him that he knew perfectly well where to place his hand upon the actual criminal, but so far, he had very little to go upon.