The irritability approaching to violence, which had attended every speech and infused itself into every movement since he came into the room, had left him.

He spoke quietly, and with a touch of irony in his tone.

He seemed more the man, but not a whit more prepossessing, and, if anything, less calculated to inspire confidence.

The district attorney showed that he was baffled, and Dr.Perry moved uneasily in his seat, until Sweetwater, coming forward, took up the cue and spoke for the first time since young Cumberland entered the room.
"Then I have no doubt but you will do us this favour," he volunteered, in his pleasantest manner.

"It's not a long walk from here.