It wasn't just the struggles of these men and women that had moved me. Rather, it was their determination, their self-reliance, a relentless optimism in the face of hardship.
My beauty you had early withstood, and as for my manners — my behaviour to you was at least always bordering on the uncivil, and I never spoke to you without rather wishing to give you pain than not.
And I know that they, in turn, have been overwhelmed by the scale, skill, diligence and professionalism of the investigation which has brought about this conviction.