Days  glided  by,  the  prisoners  were  remanded  till  Markum's
chance  of  life  or  death  should  be  ascertained,  and  Alice  had
not  found  a  fitting  moment  in  which  to  make  her  appeal.  At
length  the  surgeon,  with  grave  looks,  which  might  mean
everything,  anything,  or  nothing,  advised,  merely  as  a  matter


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of  precaution,  that  the  wounded  man  should  make  a  deposition
before  a  magistrate,  so  that  if  anything  were  to  happen,  the
jury  might  have  the  advantage  of  his  statement  of  facts.
