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Chapter 25

           Andthejury,inspiteofBelknap’sthoughtthathiscontentionswouldhavecounteractedallthis,gatheringtheimpressionthatClyde,onaccountofhisguiltandfearofdeath,wasprobablyattemptingtoconjuresomethingthathadbeenmuchmoreviciouslyexecuted,tobesure.Forhadnotthedoctorssworntotheprobableforceofthisandanotherblowonthetopofthehead?AndhadnotBurtonBurleightestifiedtohavingdiscoveredahairinthecamera?Andhowaboutthecrythatwomanhadheard?Howaboutthat?

           Butwiththatparticularincidentthecourtwasadjournedforthisday.

           Onthefollowingmorningatthesoundofthegavel,therewasMason,asfreshandvigorousandviciousasever.AndClyde,afteramiserablenightinhiscellandmuchbolsteringbyJephsonandBelknap,determinedtobeascoolandinsistentandinnocent-appearingashecouldbe,butwithnorealheartforthejob,soconvincedwashethatlocalsentimentinitsentiretywasagainsthimthathewasbelievedtobeguilty.AndwithMasonbeginningmostsavagelyandbitterly:

           "Youstillinsistthatyouexperiencedachangeofheart,doyou,Griffiths?"

           "Yes,sir,Ido."

           "Everhearofpeoplebeingresuscitatedaftertheyhaveapparentlydrowned?"

           "Idon’tquiteunderstand.

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