"
"Guilty!--he is no more guilty than I am. We are as sure of that as
we are of the sun. We know that he is innocent;--do we not, Madame
Goesler? And we, too, are very dear friends of his;--that is, I am."
"And so am I," said Madame Goesler, in a voice very low and sweet,
but yet so energetic as to make Mr. Low almost rivet his attention
upon her.
"You must understand, Mr. Low, that Mr. Finn is a man horribly hated
by certain enemies. That wretched Mr. Bonteen hated his very name.
But there are other people who think very differently of him. He must
be saved."
"Indeed I hope he may," said Mr. Low.
"We wanted to see you for ever so many reasons. Of course you
understand that--that any sum of money can be spent that the case may
want."
"Nothing will be spared on that account certainly," said the lawyer.
"But money will do a great many things. We would send all round
the world if we could get evidence against that other man,--Lady
Eustace's husband, you know."
"Can any good be done by sending all round the world?"
"He went back to his own home not long ago,--in Poland, I think,"
said Madame Goesler.
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