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she cried , feebly . `` I will never believe him guilty ! Oh , if I could only go to him and comfort him in his great trouble ! '' Stephen Foster came home at seven o'clock , but he dined alone . Madge was in her room , and would not come out or touch food . Her eyes were red and swollen , and she had wept until the fountain of her tears was dried up . At four o'clock that same afternoon Mr. Tenby , the famous criminal solicitor , was sitting in his private office in Bedford street , Strand , when two prospective clients were announced simultaneously , and , by a mistake on the part of the office-boy , shown in together .