Американская трагедия

Chapter 19

           Wouldhisnervousnessonthatday,andhisfoolishqualms,beasclearlyrememberedbyhimastheywerenowbyhimself.Andifso,howwouldthataffecthispleaofachangeofheart?WouldhenotbettertalkallthatoveragainwithJephson?

           ButthismanMason!Howhardhewas!Howenergetic!Andhowhemusthaveworkedtogetallofthesepeopleheretotestifyagainsthim!Andnowherehewas,exclaimingashechancedtolookathim,andashehadinatleastthelastdozencases(yetwithnoperceptibleresultinsofarasthejuryboxwasconcerned),"AcceptabletothePeople!"But,invariably,wheneverhehaddoneso,Jephsonhadmerelyturnedslightly,butwithoutlooking,andhadsaid:"Nothinginhimforus,Alvin.Assetasabone."AndthenBelknap,courteousandbland,hadchallengedforcauseandusuallysucceededinhavinghischallengesustained.

           Butthenatlast,andoh,howagreeably,theclerkofthecourtannouncinginaclear,thin,raspingandagedvoice,arecessuntiltwoP.M.AndJephsonsmilinglyturningtoClydewith:"Well,Clyde,that’sthefirstroundnotsoverymuchtoit,doyouthink?Andnotveryhardeither,isit?Bettergooverthereandgetagoodmeal,though.It’llbejustaslonganddullthisafternoon."

           Andinthemeantime,KrautandSissel,togetherwiththeextradeputies,pushingcloseandsurroundinghim

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