"We have decided not to permit twelve worthy men to commit a
disgraceful miscarriage of justice. We confess that the remarkable
coincidences, the many convicting evidences, and the inexplicable
silence on the part of the accused, as well as a total absence of
any evidence for an alibi, were enough to warrant the bench of
judges in assuming that in this man alone was centered the truth
of the affair. The evidences are, in appearance, so overwhelming
against Monsieur Robert Darzac that a detective so well informed,
so intelligent, and generally so successful, as Monsieur Frederic
Larsan, may be excused for having been misled by them. Up to now
everything has gone against Monsieur Robert Darzac in the
magisterial inquiry. To-day, however, we are going to defend him
before the jury, and we are going to bring to the witness stand a
light that will illumine the whole mystery of the Glandier. For
we possess the truth.
"If we have not spoken sooner, it is because the interests of
certain parties in the case demand that we should take that course.
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