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Everything depends on how the judge and jury may be disposed to regard our story. I shall give a brief to the best man that can be had, and then we shall have done all that lies in our power." "I know I could not be in better hands. If anyone could get me off scot-free you are the man to do it, Larmer. But I don't expect it, and I am not sure that I care for it."
Larmer recovered the animal; which was the more easily accomplished as the attention of the natives was fortunately fixed chiefly on us. They repeated all their menaces and expressions of defiance, and as we again proceeded the whole of their woods appeared in flames.
Campion's motives were clearly excellent. So he told his friend to go back and set Mr. Campion's mind at rest; and in the course of a day or two Sydney received his brief. "Who is going to defend?" he asked his clerk, when he had glanced at his instructions. "I heard just now that Larmer had retained Mr. Charles Milton." "Charles Milton! The deuce! It will be a pretty little fight, Johnson!"
Larmer, whom I had sent with two armed men down the Bogan, had nearly been surrounded, at only three miles from our camp, by a tribe of natives carrying spears. Amongst these were two who had been with us on the previous day, and who called to the others to keep back. They told Mr. Larmer that they had seen Mr.
"I fear it must inevitably prejudice my client if it is known that you are on the other side." "I don't see why it should," Sydney said, with manifest indifference. "At any rate, with respect to the point you were mentioning, it is clear that the lady's name will not be introduced by the prosecution." "Let it be equally clear," said Larmer, "that it will not be introduced by the defence.
Having said this on his behalf, let me add that any charge brought against him on this score, by that woman or by anyone else, is absolutely without foundation, and that we shall know how to defend his reputation, in or out of court, whenever and by whomsoever it may be attacked." "Your warmth does you credit, Mr. Larmer. I will be equally frank with you.
"For a time only." "You will see Mr. Larmer to-morrow?" "I will." They were silent for a while. Her arm was round his neck, and his head was resting against her wearily. It was Lettice who first roused herself. "This must not be," she said, drawing back her arm. "Alan, let us be friends still and nothing else. Let us have nothing to reproach ourselves with by and by."
We encamped on a grassy plain, about five miles on in our journey of the 1st of May. September 3. I sent Burnett and two men forward to examine some ponds beyond our former camp of the 30th of April, while the rest of the party followed. Mr. Larmer overtook us during this day's journey, having last night been encamped with his party only three miles behind us.
Larmer would not have selected trial by ordeal in the columns of the newspapers as the best preparation for a trial before an English judge and jury; but the process was begun by others before he had a word to say in the matter, and his efforts were simply directed to making the most of the situation which had been created.
Larmer with four men to examine the dry creek which we had now left higher up towards the hills on the east, that he might ascertain if any ponds remained there, as it lay in our best line of route homewards.
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