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Chapter 43

           Havingdescribedtheprecisesituationoftheoffice,andaccompanieditwithcopiousdirectionshowhewastowalkstraightupthepassage,andwhenhegotintotheside,andpulloffhishatashewentintotheroom,CharleyBatesbadehimhurryonalone,andpromisedtobidehisreturnonthespotoftheirparting.

           NoahClaypole,orMorrisBolterasthereaderpleases,punctuallyfollowedthedirectionshehadreceived,whichMasterBatesbeingprettywellacquaintedwiththelocalityweresoexactthathewasenabledtogainthemagisterialpresencewithoutaskinganyquestion,ormeetingwithanyinterruptionbytheway.

           Hefoundhimselfjostledamongacrowdofpeople,chieflywomen,whowerehuddledtogetherinadirtyfrowsyroom,attheupperendofwhichwasaraisedplatformrailedofffromtherest,withadockfortheprisonersonthelefthandagainstthewall,aboxforthewitnessesinthemiddle,andadeskforthemagistratesontheright;theawfullocalitylastnamed,beingscreenedoffbyapartitionwhichconcealedthebenchfromthecommongaze,andleftthevulgartoimagine(iftheycould)thefullmajestyofjustice.

           Therewereonlyacoupleofwomeninthedock,whowerenoddingtotheiradmiringfriends,whiletheclerkreadsomedepositionstoacoupleofpolicemenandamaninplainclotheswholeantoverthetable.

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