"The poor woman seemed to find it very difficult not to break down. She was closely questioned by Sir James Fenwick, but had nothing further to say. She had last seen her mistress alive at eight o'clock on the evening of the 24th. "'And when you listened at her door at ten o'clock,' asked Sir James, 'did you try to open it?' "'I did, but it was locked,' she replied. "'Did Lady Donaldson usually lock her bedroom at night?' "'Nearly always.' "'And in the morning when you took in the tea?' "'The door was open. I walked straight in.' "'You are quite sure?' insisted Sir James. "'I swear it,' solemnly asserted the woman. "After that we were informed by several members of Mr. Graham's establishment that Miss Crawford had been in to tea at Charlotte Square in the afternoon of the 24th, that she told every one she was going to London by the night mail, as she had some special shopping she wished to do there. It appears that Mr. Graham and David both tried to persuade her to stay to dinner, and then to go by the 9.10 p.m. from the Caledonian Station. Miss Crawford however had refused, saying she always preferred to go from the Waverley Station. It was nearer to her own rooms, and she still had a good deal of writing to do. "In spite of this, two witnesses saw the accused in Charlotte Square later on in the evening. She was carrying a bag which seemed heavy, and was walking towards the Caledonian Railway Station. "But the most thrilling moment in that sensational trial was reached on the second day, when David Graham, looking wretchedly ill, unkempt, and haggard, stepped into the witness-box. A murmur of sympathy went round the audience at sight of him, who was the second, perhaps, most deeply stricken victim of the Charlotte Square tragedy. "David Graham, in answer to Crown Counsel, gave an account of his last interview with Lady Donaldson. "'Tremlett had told me that she seemed anxious and upset, and I went to have a chat with her; she soon cheered up and....' "There the unfortunate young man hesitated visibly, but after a while resumed with an obvious effort. "'She spoke of my marriage, and of the gift she was about to bestow upon me. She said the diamonds would be for my wife, and after that for my daughter, if I had one. She also complained that Mr. Macfinlay had been so punctilious about preparing the deed of gift, and that it was a great pity the £100,000 could not just pass from her hands to mine without so much fuss. "'I stayed talking with her for about half an hour; then I left her, as she seemed ready to go to bed; but I told her maid to listen at the door in about an hour's time.' "There was deep silence in the court for a few moments, a silence which to me seemed almost electrical. It was as if, some time before it was uttered, the next question put by Crown Counsel to the witness had hovered in the air. "'You were engaged to Miss Edith Crawford at one time, were you not?'