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I was absent several months , and only arrived in my native country five days ago . On the day after my landing at New York , in looking over some files of newspapers , I read the advertisements for me . I guessed at once that I was wanted for business connected with the secret of my own life , and so I packed up and took the first train to Washington , and the next boat to Richmond , and the train to Wendover , without stopping an hour on my journey . I reached this place at noon to-day ; found the town full of people , as if a fair or a festival was going on ; asked what was the matter , and was told about this trial . Of course then I had the key to Mary Grey 's mysterious crime , and I knew where I was wanted . I came at once to the court , wrote my name on a card and sent it in to Mr. Lytton 's junior counsel , who came out to meet me and brought me here . '' `` That will do , Mr. Kyte .