Death was undoubtedly the result of those wounds in the head. It
is impossible for me to say for certain with what kind of weapon they
were made, but it was probably something round and blunt."
"Now," said the Senechal, when the Doctor had finished, and the hum and
the growl which followed had died down again, "will any of you who know
anything about this matter come forward and tell us all you know?"
Stephen Gard stood up at once and all eyes settled on him. Then Peter
Mauger was pushed along from the back, with friendly thumps and growling
injunctions to speak up. But the looks bestowed on Gard were of quite a
different quality from those given to Peter, and the men at the table
could not but notice it.
"We will take Peter Mauger first. Let him be sworn," said the Senechal,
and Gard sat down.
The Greffier swore Peter in the old Island fashion--"Vous jurez par la
foi que vous devez a Dieu que vous direz la verite, et rien que la
verite, et tous ce que vous connaissez dans cette cause, et que Dieu
vous soit en aide! (You swear by the faith which you owe to God that you
will tell the truth, and only the truth, and all that you know
concerning this case, and so help you God!)"
Peter put up his right hand and swore so to do.
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