Chapter 20

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​⁠For the next month little else was talked about but Donald Morley's trial. The truth of the matter sustained a compound fracture every time the subject was discussed. In some quarters it was confidently asserted that the fugitive from justice had been captured the moment he landed in America, and was allowed his liberty only under a heavy bond. Others contended that a guilty conscience had driven