“Merely nothing. It goes to no more than that you suspect this man of the crime. You may do so with some reason, or you may do so with no reason, but he cannot be convicted on your suspicion.”

“Haven’t I said⁠—I appeal to the t’other Governor as my witness⁠—haven’t I said from the first minute that I opened my mouth in this here world-without-end-everlasting chair,” (he evidently used that form of words as next in force to an affidavit), “that I was willing to swear that he done it? Haven’t I said, Take me and get me sworn to it? Don’t I say so now? You won’t deny it, Lawyer Lightwood?”

“Surely not; but you only offer to swear to your suspicion, and I tell you it is not enough to swear to your suspicion.”

“Not enough, ain’t it, Lawyer Lightwood?” he cautiously demanded.

“Positively not.”