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Chapter XXXIX

           Itwouldbethesameinyourcase,ifyouwereconvicted.Theycouldn’tkeepyouinandlethimout.Butitwillnevergetthatfartakemywordforit.We’llwinbeforeajury,orwe’llreversethejudgmentofconvictionbeforetheStateSupremeCourt,certain.Thosefivejudgesuptherearenotgoingtosustainanysuchpoppycockideaasthis."

           Stegeractuallybelievedwhathesaid,andCowperwoodwaspleased.Thusfartheyounglawyerhaddoneexcellentlywellinallofhiscases.Still,hedidnotliketheideaofbeinghunteddownbyButler.Itwasaseriousmatter,andoneofwhichStegerwastotallyunaware.Cowperwoodcouldneverquiteforgetthatinlisteningtohislawyer’soptimisticassurances.

           Theactualbeginningofthetrialfoundalmostalloftheinhabitantsofthiscityofsixhundredthousand"keyedup."NoneofthewomenofCowperwood’sfamilywerecomingintocourt.Hehadinsistedthatthereshouldbenofamilydemonstrationforthenewspaperstocommentupon.Hisfatherwascoming,forhemightbeneededasawitness.AileenhadwrittenhimtheafternoonbeforesayingshehadreturnedfromWestChesterandwishinghimluck.Shewassoanxioustoknowwhatwastobecomeofhimthatshecouldnotstayawayanylongerandhadreturnednottogotothecourtroom,forhedidnotwanthertodothat,buttobeasnearaspossiblewhenhisfatewasdecided,adverselyorotherwise.Shewantedtorunandcongratulatehimifhewon,ortoconsolewithhimifhelost.

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