He was cheerful also, but with a restrained cheerfulness.
His task was not yet over, and the grimness of Mr.Fox, and the non-committal aspect of the jurymen, proved that it was not to be made too easy for him.
The crier announced the opening of the court, and the defence proceeded by the calling of Ella Fulton to the witness stand.
I need not linger over her testimony.

It was very short and contained but one surprise.

She had stated under direct examination that she had waited and watched for Arthur's return that whole night, and was positive that he had not passed through their grounds again after that first time in the early evening.

This was just what I had expected from her.

But the prosecution remembered the snowfall, and in her cross-examination on this point, she acknowledged that it was very thick, much too thick for her to see her own gate distinctly; but added, that this only made her surer of the fact she had stated; for finding that she could not see, she had dressed herself for the storm and gone out into the driveway to watch there, and had so watched until the town clock struck three.
This did not help the prosecution.