When he found that she was not there, and that her testimony did not touch on any important phase of the matter, he simply shut his mouth and said, 'Very well! If she won't tell, I won't.' Also, the coroner's manner was unfortunate.

He showed that his sympathy was on the other side; and Radnor stubbornly determined not to say one word more than was dragged out of him by main force.

It is much the attitude of the little boy who has been unfairly punished, and who derives an immense amount of satisfaction from the thought of how sorry his friends will be when he is dead.

And now, I think we have Rad's case well in hand.

In spite of the fact that he seems bound to be hung, we shall not have much difficulty in getting him off." "But what I can't understand," I grumbled, "is why that little wretch didn't tell me a word of all this.