Some of them had neither heard
nor noted it; others had, but not one of them could tell how it
began. Some of them had heard the threat uttered by Drummond
on leaving the house, and one only had noted him lay his hand on
his sword. Not one of them could swear that it was Drummond
who came to the door and desired to speak with the deceased, but
the general impression on the minds of them all was to that effect;
and one of the women swore that she heard the voice distinctly at
the door, and every word that voice pronounced, and at the same
time heard the deceased say that it was Drummond's.
On the other hand, there were some evidences on Drummond's
part, which Lord Craigie, his uncle, had taken care to collect. He
produced the sword which his nephew had worn that night, on
which there was neither blood nor blemish; and, above all, he
insisted on the evidence of a number of surgeons, who declared
that both the wounds which the deceased had received had been
given behind. One of these was below the left arm, and a slight
one; the other was quite through the body, and both evidently
inflicted with the same weapon, a two-edged sword, of the same
dimensions as that worn by Drummond.
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