At this point I feared for some time that my clue was at an end. This would, however, have been most unsatisfactory, as the possible error of a week in point of date would have seriously detracted from the trustworthiness of the entire case. The only possible chance of determining the point seemed to lie in ascertaining the precise date of the servant's dismissal, and it at length occurred to me that this might be accomplished by means of the police records of the court before which she was carried. From them I found-- 7. That the offence for which she was discharged was committed on Sunday, the 30th of April. On the 29th, therefore, she was still in Mrs. Brown's house. The only day, therefore, on which Madame R**'s first seizure could have taken place as stated during Richard Brown's stay in England, and on a night when Mrs. Brown was alone in the house, was the 5th of April. The importance of this date, thus fixed, you will, I think, at once perceive. [Footnote 1: 1856, R. H.] [Footnote 2: Clearly so. The Baron was in Dublin on 25th Feb.--R. H.] [Footnote 3: This portion of Mrs. Brown's evidence affects more particularly the part of the case to be hereafter referred to in Part vii.; but I have thought it best to preserve it intact.--R. H.] [Footnote 4: Comp. journal of Mrs. Anderton, 25th May and 10th June. _Vide_ Section III. 3.] [Footnote 5: These extracts will, of course, be chiefly interesting to the medical profession, and may be passed over by the general reader. Some details are necessarily excluded. The notes, also, relating to the treatment adopted by Dr. Marsden, not materially affecting the question at issue, which is concerned only with the symptoms of disorder, are omitted as irrelevant, and therefore confusing. _Vide_ note to statement of Dr. Watson, Section III., 2.] [Footnote 6: 7th June.--R. H.] SECTION VI. 1.--_Memorandum by Mr. Henderson._