It was: "You have a similar stick then ?" And Mr.Taynton replied in the affirmative.
The court then rose.
* * * * * On the whole the day had been most satisfactory to the ghouls and vultures and it seemed probable that they would have equally exciting and plentiful fare next day.

But in the opinion of many Morris's counsel was disappointing.

He did not cross-examine witnesses at all sensationally, and drag out dreadful secrets (which had nothing to do with the case) about their private lives, in order to show that they seldom if ever spoke the truth.

Indeed, witness after witness was allowed to escape without any cross-examination at all; there was no attempt made to prove that the carpenter who had found the body had been himself tried for murder, or that his children were illegitimate.

Yet gradually, as the afternoon went on, a sort of impression began to make its way, that there was something coming which no one suspected.
The next morning those impressions were realised when the adjourned cross-examination of Mr.Taynton was resumed.