Chapter 29 A True Bill Against Jem

There are who, living by the legal pen,

Are held in honour--honourable men.

CRABBE.

At five minutes before two, Job Legh stood upon the doorstep of the house where Mr Bridgenorth lodged at Assize time. He had left Mrs Wilson at the dwelling of a friend of his, who had offered him a room for the old woman and Mary: a room which had frequent