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The 'Blewer Murder' was the case of the Assize week; and the court was so crowded that, but for the favour of the sheriff, Mr. and Mrs. Rivers, with Tom and Gertrude, could hardly have obtained seats.
'If you ask me that, said Dr. May, earnestly, 'all I have to say is, that I don't know what palace is worthy of you. There was not much said after that; and the Doctor fell asleep, waking only at the halts at stations to ask where he was. At last came 'Blewer! and as the light shone on the clock, Leonard said, 'A quarter past twelve! It is the very train I went by! Is it a dream?
And did you really never hear of the Blewer murder, and of Leonard Ward? Mr. Seaford had some compound edifice of various murders in his mind, and required full enlightenment. Having heard the whole, he was ardent to repair his mistake, both for Leonard's own sake, and that of his cause.
After this, the village policeman repeated the former statements, as to the state of the various rooms, the desk, locked and untouched, the rifle, boat, &c., further explaining that the distance from the mill to Blewer Station, by the road was an hour and half's walk, by the fields, not more than half an hour's.
While I was changing my dress, I saw from the window that some one was still about in the court, and knowing that my uncle wished me to avoid notice, I thought it best to let myself out by the passage window, as I had sometimes done in early mornings to bathe or fish, and go across the fields to Blewer Station.
In fact, the catastrophe had taken a strong hold on the public mind; and 'Murder of an Uncle by his Nephew, 'The Blewer Tragedy, figured everywhere in the largest type; newsboys on the railway shouted, 'To-day's paper-account of inquest; and the illustrated press sent down artists, whose three-legged cameras stared in all directions, from the Vintry Mill to Bankside, and who aimed at the school, the Minster, the volunteers, and Dr.
'Sir, said Hardy very low, and with a deprecating look, 'he did go up by the mail train to London last night got in at Blewer station at 12.15. They have telegraphed up, sir. 'I'll lay my life it is all a mistake, said Dr. May, grasping Henry's arm as if to give him support, and looking him in the face as though resolved that neither should be cast down.
'Of course I know nothing of this frightful murder, nor what villain could have got hold of the rifle, which, I am sorry to say, is really mine. Last evening I used it at drill and practice on Blewer Heath, and came home when it grew dusk, getting in at about half-past nine. I was then told by Mrs. Giles that my uncle wished to speak to me, and was displeased at my staying out so late.
Nearly the whole population of Stoneborough, Whitford, and Blewer was striving to press into court, but before the day's work began, Edward Anderson had piloted Mrs. Pugh to a commodious place, under the escort of his brother Harvey, who was collecting materials for an article on criminal jurisprudence.
'Thank you, she said, wondering if this was to be all she should hear about it. 'I am going by the afternoon train, he added; 'I have been over to Blewer. It is true, Ethel, the fellow can't stand it! he has sent down a manager, and is always in London! Most likely to dispose of it by private contract there, they say. 'And what has become of old Hardy?
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