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Chapter XXXIX

           Thedesks,jury-boxes,andrailingsgenerallyweremadetoolarge,andsothegeneraleffectwasoneofdisproportion.Acream-coloredwallhadbeenthoughttheappropriatethingtogowithblackwalnutfurniture,buttimeanddusthadmadethecombinationdreary.Therewerenopicturesorornamentsofanykind,savethestalky,over-elaboratedgas-bracketswhichstoodonhishonor’sdesk,andthesingleswingingchandeliersuspendedfromthecenteroftheceiling.Fatbailiffsandcourtofficers,concernedonlyinholdingtheirworklessjobs,didnotaddanythingtothespiritofthescene.Twoofthemintheparticularcourtinwhichthistrialwasheldcontendedhourlyastowhichshouldhandthejudgeaglassofwater.Oneprecededhishonorlikeafat,stuffy,dustymajordomotoandfromhisdressing-room.Hisbusinesswastocallloudly,whenthelatterentered,"HishonortheCourt,hatsoff.Everybodypleaserise,"whileasecondbailiff,standingattheleftofhishonorwhenhewasseated,andbetweenthejury-boxandthewitness-chair,recitedinanabsolutelyunintelligiblewaythatbeautifulanddignifiedstatementofcollectivesociety’sobligationtotheconstituentunits,whichbegins,"Hearye!hearye!hearye!"andends,"Allthoseofyouhavingjustcauseforcomplaintdrawnearandyeshallbeheard."However,youwouldhavethoughtitwasofnoimporthere.Customandindifferencehadallowedittosinktoamumble.

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