"Always? No, sir; not always."
"Generally?"
"I should not attempt to say, sir."
"You would scarcely judge the sincerity of a mourner's sorrow by the copiousness of flow from his lachrymal glands?"
"Hardly."
"One moment," said Badger, detaining Dr. Thornton for the redirect. "Did you mean to emphasize the tearlessness of the accused as the principal feature of his bearing which attracted your attention?"
"No, sir; it was the coldness, I may say the general indifference expressed in his countenance, which struck me."
"Will you allow me to see your eyeglasses, Dr. Thornton?" asked Shagarach. "The lenses are concave. You are near-sighted?"
"Yes, sir."
"Badly so, I should say?"