And as he watched Langham, so Gilmore watched him.
"That will do, Mr.Langham.Thank you," said Moxlow at last.
North felt sure he would be the next witness, and he was not mistaken.
Moxlow's examination, however, was along lines quite different from those he had anticipated.

The prosecuting attorney's questions wholly concerned themselves with the sale of the gas bonds to McBride; each detail of that transaction was gone into, but a very positive sense of relief had come to North.

This was not what he had expected and dreaded, and he answered Moxlow's queries frankly, eagerly, for where his relations with the old merchant were under discussion he had nothing to hide.

Finally Moxlow turned from him with a characteristic gesture.
"That's all," he said.
Again his glance wandered over the room.

It became fixed on a grayish middle-aged man seated at Gilmore's elbow.
"Thomas Nelson," he called.
This instantly revived North's apprehensions.