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           YoucangeteitherofthemifIhelpyou,butit’lltakesomeeffortofcourse,thedifferencebetweenthemisthatapparentacquittalneedsconcentratedeffortforawhileandthatdefermenttakesmuchlesseffortbutithastobesustained.Nowthen,apparentacquittal.Ifthat’swhatyouwantI’llwritedownanassertionofyourinnocenceonapieceofpaper.Thetextforanassertionofthissortwaspasseddowntomefrommyfatherandit’squiteunassailable.ItakethisassertionroundtothejudgesIknow.SoI’llstartoffwiththeoneI’mcurrentlypainting,andputtheassertiontohimwhenhecomesforhissittingthisevening.I’lllaytheassertioninfrontofhim,explainthatyou’reinnocentandgivehimmypersonalguaranteeofit.Andthat’snotjustasuperficialguarantee,it’sarealoneandit’sbinding."Thepainter’seyesseemedtoshowsomereproachofK.forwantingtoimposethatsortofresponsibilityonhim."Thatwouldbeverykindofyou",saidK."Andwouldthejudgethenbelieveyouandnonethelessnotpassanabsoluteacquittal?""It’slikeIjustsaid,"answeredthepainter."Andanyway,it’snotentirelysurethatallthejudgeswouldbelieveme,manyofthem,forinstance,mightwantmetobringyoutoseethempersonally.Sothenyou’dhavetocomealongtoo.Butatleastthen,ifthathappens,thematterishalfwaywon,especiallyasI’dteachyouinadvanceexactlyhowyou’dneedtoactwiththejudgeconcerned,ofcourse.