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Your request to carry him to the Court House is a strange one , and I will cheerfully comply with it , although I can not see how his being there will enable us to make the discovery . '' `` Leave that to me , '' answered Harry , `` and content yourself with believing that I am certain it will prove whether he is an Englishman or a Yankee . '' With that the two friends departed and Harry returned home much perplexed at the manner he had arranged for the husband and wife to meet . The morning for the trial of Mrs. Wentworth arrived , and at the hour of ten she appeared in the court . Her appearance was changed since we last saw her . The kind hearted daughter of Dr. Humphries had visited her the day before with a supply of clothing , and though her features retained their haggard and care-worn expression , none who looked upon her as she entered the court room could have failed to perceive that she was a lady and unlike a majority of females brought before a jury to answer grave charges . Her case did not excite any notice until she appeared , when the pinched and sharp face presented to the spectators , and the evidence her lady-like demeanor gave of her being a different subject from that usually presented , awoke a feeling of interest in the crowd , and many enquiries were made of the nature of the charge made against her .