`DoyoubelievethatIhavespokenthetruth，MrKyrle？’Iasked，whenhehaddoneexaminingme。
`Sofarasyourownconvictionsareconcerned，Iamcertainyouhavespokenthetruth，’hereplied。`IhavethehighestesteemforMissHalcombe，andIhavethereforeeveryreasontorespectagentlemanwhosemediationshetrustsinamatterofthiskind。Iwillevengofarther，ifyoulike，andadmit，forcourtesy’ssakeandforargumentssake，thattheidentityofLadyGlydeasalivingpersonisaprovedfacttoMissHalcombeandyourself。Butcametomeforalegalopinion。Asalawyer，andasalawyeronly，itismydutytotellyou，MrHartright，thatyouhavenottheshadowofacase。’
`Youputitstrongly，MrKyrle。’
`Iwilltrytoputitplainlyaswell。TheevidenceofLadyGlyde’sdeathis，onthefaceofit，clearandsatisfactory。Thereisheraunt’stestimonytoprovethatshecametoCountFosco’shouse，thatshefellill，andthatshedied。Thereisthetestimonyofthemedicalcertificatetoprovethedeath，andtoshowthatittookplaceundernaturalcircumstances。
ThereisthefactofthefuneralatLimmeridge，andthereistheassertionoftheinscriptiononthetomb。Thatisthecaseyouwanttooverthrow。