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Colwyn returned to Durrington in a perplexed and dissatisfied frame of mind. The trial, which he had attended and followed closely, had failed to convince him that all the facts concerning the death of Roger Glenthorpe had been brought to light. Really, the trial had not been a trial at all, but merely a battle of lawyers about the state of Penreath's mind.
If Penreath was really sane -- and Colwyn, who had watched him closely during the trial, believed that he was -- the Crown theory of the murder by no means accounted for all the amazing facts of the case.