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First Cross-examination
"Noneofthisconcernsme,andIamthereforeabletomakeacalmassessmentofit,and,assumingthatthisso-calledcourtisofanyrealimportance,itwillbeverymuchtoyouradvantagetolistentowhatIhavetosay.IfyouwanttodiscusswhatIsay,pleasedon’tbothertowriteitdownuntillateron,Idon’thaveanytimetowasteandI’llsoonbeleaving."
Therewasimmediatesilence,whichshowedhowwellK.wasincontrolofthecrowd.Therewerenoshoutsamongthemastherehadbeenatthestart,no-oneevenapplauded,butiftheyweren’talreadypersuadedtheyseemedveryclosetoit.
Kwaspleasedatthetensionamongallthepeoplethereastheylistenedtohim,arustlingrosefromthesilencewhichwasmoreinvigoratingthanthemostecstaticapplausecouldhavebeen."Thereisnodoubt,"hesaidquietly,"thatthereissomeenormousorganisationdeterminingwhatissaidbythiscourt.Inmycasethisincludesmyarrestandtheexaminationtakingplaceheretoday,anorganisationthatemployspolicemenwhocanbebribed,oafishsupervisorsandjudgesofwhomnothingbettercanbesaidthanthattheyarenotasarrogantassomeothers.Thisorganisationevenmaintainsahigh-leveljudiciaryalongwithitstrainofcountlessservants,scribes,policemenandalltheotherassistancethatitneeds,perhapsevenexecutionersandtorturers-I’mnotafraidofusingthosewords.
