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Then he passed them on to the jury and made an entry in his notes . While this was going on my attention was attracted by Walter Hornby . An expression of terror and wild despair had settled on his face , which was ghastly in its pallor and bedewed with sweat . He looked furtively at Thorndyke and , as I noted the murderous hate in his eyes , I recalled our midnight adventure in John Street and the mysterious cigar . Suddenly he rose to his feet , wiping his brow and steadying himself against the bench with a shaking hand ; then he walked quietly to the door and went out . Apparently , I was not the only onlooker who had been interested in his doings , for , as the door swung to after him , Superintendent Miller rose from his seat and went out by the other door . `` Are you cross-examining this witness ? ''