HENRY NORTHCOTE Henry Northcote _By_ JOHN COLLIS SNAITH _Author of “Broke of Covenden,” “Miss Dorothy Marvin,” etc._ [Illustration] Boston HERBERT B. TURNER & CO. 1906 COPYRIGHT, 1906 BY JOHN COLLIS SNAITH _Entered at Stationers’ Hall London_ PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER, 1906 Second Edition, October 1, 1906 _COLONIAL PRESS_ _Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co. Boston, U. S. A._ CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. SHEPHERD’S INN, FLEET STREET 5 II. RETROSPECTION 14 III. SUMMONING THE GENIE 23 IV. ENTER MR. WHITCOMB 29 V. AN ARISTOCRAT OF ARISTOCRATS 35 VI. A PROPHECY 44 VII. THE OFFER OF A BRIEF 48 VIII. EQUITY A FRUIT OF THE GODS 59 IX. THE BRIEF WITHDRAWN 65 X. THE RIDE TO NORBITON 75 XI. MR. WHITCOMB’S FOIBLES 91 XII. THE FAITH OF A SIREN 104 XIII. BE BOLD, WARY, FEAR NOT 110 XIV. A JURY OF TWO 116 XV. TRUTH’S CHAMPION 128 XVI. A JURY OF ONE 140 XVII. MESSRS. WHITCOMB AND WHITCOMB 154 XVIII. TO THE PRISON 164 XIX. THE ACCUSED 176 XX. THE INTERVIEW 181 XXI. THE TALISMAN WHICH TRANSCENDS EXPERIENCE 185 XXII. LIFE OR DEATH 190 XXIII. PREPARATION 200 XXIV. THE TRIAL 209 XXV. MR. WEEKES, K. C. 231 XXVI. THE PLEA 238 XXVII. THE PERORATION 259 XXVIII. THE SUMMING-UP 268 XXIX. THE VERDICT 278 XXX. SIR JOSEPH BRUDENELL 285 XXXI. MEDIOCRITY VERSUS GENIUS 297 XXXII. MEDIOCRITY ASPIRING TO VIRTUE 306 XXXIII. THE HIGHWAY OF THE MANY 313 XXXIV. MAGDALENE OR DELILAH 320 XXXV. DELILAH 341 XXXVI. THE HONORABLE SECRETARY 351 XXXVII. INDELIBLE EVIDENCE 363 XXXVIII. CLEANSING FIRE 368 XXXIX. WITHOUT FEAR AND WITHOUT STAIN 380 I SHEPHERD’S INN, FLEET STREET