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Chapter LII

           Cowperwood’sfatherwastensewithexcitementandhistwobrotherslookedquicklyaway,doingtheirbesttohidetheirfearandsorrow.

           "Everconvictedbefore?"

           "Never,"repliedStegerforCowperwood,quietly.

           "FrankAlgernonCowperwood,"calledtheclerk,inhisnasal,singsongway,comingforward,"haveyouanythingtosaywhyjudgmentshouldnotnowbepronounceduponyou?Ifso,speak."

           Cowperwoodstartedtosayno,butStegerputuphishand.

           "Ifthecourtpleases,myclient,Mr.Cowperwood,theprisoneratthebar,isneitherguiltyinhisownestimation,norinthatoftwo-fifthsofthePennsylvaniaStateSupremeCourtthecourtoflastresortinthisState,"heexclaimed,loudlyandclearly,sothatallmighthear.

           OneoftheinterestedlistenersandspectatorsatthispointwasEdwardMaliaButler,whohadjuststeppedinfromanothercourtroomwherehehadbeentalkingtoajudge.AnobsequiouscourtattendanthadwarnedhimthatCowperwoodwasabouttobesentenced.Hehadreallycomeherethismorninginordernottomissthissentence,buthecloakedhismotiveundertheguiseofanothererrand.HedidnotknowthatAileenwasthere,nordidheseeher.

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