The judge, Sir Gilbert Hawkesby, summed up very strongly
against her; but the jury, after a prolonged absence from court, found
her "not guilty." The paper published a portrait of Mrs. Lorimer, at
which Meldon glanced. Suddenly his face assumed an expression of great
interest. He studied the portrait carefully, and then looked at Miss
King. She sat at the other end of the carriage, and he saw her face in
profile as she bent over her papers. Mrs. Lorimer's side face was
represented in the picture; and she, too, was bending over something.
Meldon laid down the paper and took up another, this time an Irish
morning paper. It contained an interview with Mrs. Lorimer, secured by
an enterprising reporter after the trial. Meldon read this, and then
turned to the magazine page and studied the picture of the lady which
appeared there. In it Mrs. Lorimer wore a hat, and it was again her
side face which was represented. Meldon looked from it to Miss King.
The likeness was quite unmistakable. He took up a third paper, a
profusely illustrated penny daily. He found, as he expected, a picture
of Mrs. Lorimer. This was a full-length portrait, but the face came
out clearly.
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