noon
`` I shall haunt the scene of that terrible tragedy , and -- '' A great shriek burst from the butler 's white lips , and he fell to the floor in a terrible spasm . The attendant pacing back and forth in the corridor without , hastily removed him . They spoke of it with pity , how devoted he was to his young master . At noon the case was called , and the greatest of excitement prevailed from one end of the city to the other , for there were few men as popular there as Hubert Varrick . The spacious room was crowded to overflowing . There was a great flutter of excitement when the handsome prisoner was led into the court-room . Those who had known him from childhood were touched with the deepest pity for him .