There was no doubt as to what the suggestion was now.
The counsel for the prosecution broke in.
"I submit that these questions are irrelevant, my lord," he said.
"I shall subsequently show, my lord, that they are not." "The witness must answer the question," said the judge.

"I see that there is a possible relevancy." The question was answered.
"Thank you, that is all," said the counsel for the defence, and Mr.
Taynton left the witness box.
It was then, for the first time since the trial began, that Morris looked at this witness.

All through he had been perfectly calm and collected, a circumstance which the spectators put down to the callousness with which they kindly credited him, and now for the first time, as Mr.Taynton's eyes and his met, an emotion crossed the prisoner's face.

He looked sorry..