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Chapter XXXIX

           Athirdbailiffguardedthedoorofthejury-room;andinadditiontothesetherewerepresentacourtclerksmall,pale,candle-waxy,withcolorlessmilk-and-watereyes,andthin,pork-fat-coloredhairandbeard,wholookedforalltheworldlikeanAmericanizedanddecidedlydecrepitChinesemandarinandacourtstenographer.

           JudgeWilburPayderson,aleanherringofaman,whohadsatinthiscaseoriginallyastheexaminingjudgewhenCowperwoodhadbeenindictedbythegrandjury,andwhohadboundhimoverfortrialatthisterm,wasapeculiarlyinterestingtypeofjudge,asjudgesgo.Hewassomeagerandthin-bloodedthathewasarrestingforthosequalitiesalone.Technically,hewaslearnedinthelaw;actually,sofaraslifewasconcerned,absolutelyunconsciousofthatsubtlechemistryofthingsthattranscendsallwrittenlawandmakesforthespiritand,beyondthat,theinutilityofalllaw,asallwisejudgesknow.Youcouldhavelookedathislean,pedanticbody,hisfrizzledgrayhair,hisfishy,blue-grayeyes,withoutanydepthofspeculationinthem,andhisnicelymodeledbutunimportantface,andtoldhimthathewaswithoutimagination;buthewouldnothavebelievedyouwouldhavefinedyouforcontemptofcourt.Bythecarefulgarneringofallhislittleopportunities,thefurbishingupofeverymeageradvantage;bylisteningslavishlytothevoiceofparty,andfollowingasnearlyashecouldthebehestsofintrenchedproperty,hehadreachedhispresentstate.Itwasnotveryfaralong,atthat.

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