Only upon one or two, however, did the manner leave any impression.

Pike, who made one of the crowd in the inquest-room, was one of these.

His experience of human nature was tolerably keen, and he felt sure the boy was keeping something behind that he did not dare to tell.

The coroner and jury were not so clear-sighted, and dismissed him with the remark that he was a "little fool." "Call George Gorton," said the coroner, looking at his notes.
Very much to Lord Hartledon's surprise--perhaps somewhat to his annoyance--the man answering to this name was the one who had originally come to Calne on a special mission to himself.

Some feeling caused him to turn from the man whilst he gave his evidence, a thing easily done in the crowded room.
It appeared that amidst the stirring excitement in the neighbourhood on the Tuesday night when the death became known, this stranger happened to avow in the public-house which he made his quarters that he had seen Lord Hartledon in his skiff just before the event must have happened.