Walter Hornby may be with them, and, if he is, you had better leave him, if possible, to come on with Lawley." "You will not come to the office, then ?" "No.

I shall go straight to the court with Anstey.

Besides, I am expecting Superintendent Miller from Scotland Yard, who will probably walk down with us." "I am glad to hear that," I said; "for I have been rather uneasy at the thought of your mixing in the crowd without some kind of protection." "Well, you see that I am taking precautions against the assaults of the too-ingenious X, and, to tell the truth--and also to commit a flagrant bull--I should never forgive myself if I allowed him to kill me before I had completed Reuben Hornby's defence.

Ah, here is Polton--that man is on wires this morning; he has been wandering in and out of the rooms ever since he came, like a cat in a new house." "It's quite true, sir," said Polton, smiling and unabashed, "so it's no use denying it.

I have come to ask what we are going to take with us to the court." "You will find a box and a portfolio on the table in my room," replied Thorndyke.