Besides--" here he flashed at his counsel a glance, which for a moment took that gentleman aback--"I had heard certain vague sounds in the house which alarmed me, as well as roused my curiosity.
Choosing the bottle I liked best, I went to investigate these sounds." Mr.Moffat started.

His witness was having his revenge.

Kept in ignorance of his counsel's plan of defence, he was evidently advancing testimony new to that counsel.

I had not thought the lad so subtle, and quaked in secret contemplation of the consequences.

So did some others; but the interest was intense.