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“That’s good,” said Giles “Be sure to se notices,” he added as Emma walked into the room

“How are they?” she asked, looking down at the papers

“About as good as we could have expected,” said Giles “The Mail has turned Mother’s will into folklore, and the serious journalists want to knohy Fisher is being called by us and not them”

“They’ll find out soon enough,” said E a seat at the table “So which one should I start with?”

“Perhaps the Tiraph”

“Not for the first tiraph, “I wish I could read tomorrow’s papers today”

“Good ,” said Mrs Justice Lane once the jury had settled “Proceedings will begin today with a rather unusual occurrence Mr Trelford’s next witness, Major Alexander Fisher MP, is not giving evidence by choice, but has been subpoenaed by the defense When Mr Trelford applied for a subpoena, I had to decide if his evidence was admissible On balance, I concluded that Mr Trelford did have the right to call Major Fisher, as his nae between Mrs Clifton and Lady Virginia that is at the core of this case, and he ht on the situation Youinto the fact that Major Fisher wasn’t included on Sir Edward Makepeace’s list of witnesses”

“But they will,” whispered Giles to Emma

The judge looked down at the clerk of the court “Has Major Fisher arrived?”

“He has, my lady”

“Then please call him”

“Call Major Alexander Fisher MP,” bellowed the clerk

The double doors at the back of the courtrooer that took even Giles by surprise Clearly beco a Member of Parliament had only added to his considerable self-esteem

He took the Bible in his right hand and delivered the oath, without once looking at the card the clerk held up for him When Mr Trelford rose from his place, Fisher stared at hihts