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WHAT CLARE WAITED FOR. 133
and had said what she did say, in the bad
provincial dialect which always grew broader
whenever she was excited. People looked
curiously at Clare—she appeared so much
above her station—and were prepared to
listen attentively to whatever she had to
say. The first question was as to the iden-
tification of her mistress, and here Clare's
evidence tallied with Deb's. She believed
the body in the adjoining room to be that
of Mrs. Thornton ; it was impossible to re-
cognize the face, but the dress and orna-
ments were certainly hers—the hat and
jacket, too, were those in which Mrs.
Thornton had gone out the last day she
left her house.
Here one of the jurors asked a question.
Had the witness observed the feet of the
person supposed to be Mrs. Thornton?
Were the boots that it had on such as a
lady in her position would be likely to
wear ?