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"You have heard two expert witnesses swear that that mark was made by the left thumb of the prisoner, Reuben Hornby?" "I have." "Do you agree to that statement?" "I do not." "In your opinion, was the mark upon that paper made by the thumb of the prisoner?" "No. I am convinced that it was not made by the thumb of Reuben Hornby." "Do you think that it was made by the thumb of some other person?"
I was standing chatting with two ladies who were about to take leave of their hostess, when Leithcourt returned, but alone. Hornby had not accompanied him. Was it because he feared to again meet me?
Susan Hornby turned to her husband with some uncertainty regarding his comprehension of the subject, and with a gentle patience with his mood. Nathan was often impatient of late. "Yes, I know only it seems as if " "Well, now what's lacking?" her husband asked when she again broke off the sentence doubtfully. "He's got a good farm, an' he needs a wife to help him run it.
Hornby, looking wild and agitated, stepped into the witness-box, and the usher, having handed him the Testament, sang out "The evidence you shall give to the court and jury sworn, between our Sovereign Lord the King and the prisoner at the bar shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth; so help you God!" Mr. "Your name is John Hornby, is it not?" asked Sir Hector. "It is."
Hornby, in spite of really heroic efforts to control her emotion, was in a state of impending hysteria, while Juliet, though outwardly calm and composed, showed by the waxen pallor of her cheeks and a certain wildness of her eyes that all her terror was reviving; and I was glad that they were spared the unpleasantness of contact with the policemen who guarded the various entrances.
It's Hornby market day. I reckon yo're no better nor a half-wit yoursel'. He cocked his eye at me as if he were gauging my intellect. 'And have you been sitting here all day to keep the lane quiet? 'Ay. I've nought else to do. Th' minister has turned me adrift. Have yo' heard how th' lass is faring to-night? 'They hope she'll waken better for this long sleep.
"You mentioned," said Thorndyke, "that the experts at Scotland Yard have identified this thumb-mark as that of Mr. Reuben Hornby. May I ask how they came to have the opportunity of making the comparison?" "Ah!" said Mr. Lawley. "Thereby hangs a very curious tale of coincidences.
Hornby; "it is a small thing with a lot of round keys that you press down Dickensblerfer, I think it is called ridiculous name, isn't it? Walter bought it from one of his literary friends about a week ago; but he is getting quite clever with it already, though he does make a few mistakes still, as you can see."
But as he tried to get himself into that frame of mind he remembered how many days had been spoiled for his wife that winter because she longed for Elizabeth, and he involuntarily muttered: "Dirty little huzzy!" and ground his straggling teeth as he thought of it. After Nathan and Susan Hornby had turned into the main road, John walked slowly back to the house. "What'd I say that Mrs.
She shook her head in the negative, showing that the dreaded Governor-General of Finland had only acted a part towards her in which she had been compelled to concur. "Who is Philip Hornby?" I inquired, writing rapidly. "My friend at least, I believe so." Friend! And I had all along believed him to be an adventurer and an enemy! "Why did he go to Leghorn?" I asked. "For a secret purpose.
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