Chapter 20

           AndthenfiveentiredaysconsumedbyMasonandBelknapinselectingajury.ButatlastthetwelvemenwhoweretotryClyde,swornandseated.Andsuchmenoddandgrizzled,ortannedandwrinkled,farmersandcountrystorekeepers,withhereandthereaFordagent,akeeperofaninnatTomDixon’sLake,asalesmaninHamburger’sdrygoodsstoreatBridgeburg,andaperipateticinsuranceagentresidinginPurdayjustnorthofGrassLake.Andwithbutoneexception,allmarried.Andwithbutoneexception,allreligious,ifnotmoral,andallconvincedofClyde’sguiltbeforeevertheysatdown,butstillbecauseoftheiralmostunanimousconceptionofthemselvesasfairandopen-mindedmen,andbecausetheyweresointerestedtositasjurorsinthisexcitingcase,convincedthattheycouldpassfairlyandimpartiallyonthefactspresentedtothem.

           Andso,allrisingandbeingswornin.

           AndatonceMasonrisingandbeginning:"Gentlemenofthejury."

           AndClyde,aswellasBelknapandJephson,nowgazingatthemandwonderingwhattheimpressionofMason’sopeningchargewaslikelytobe.Foramoredynamicandelectricprosecutorundertheseparticularcircumstanceswasnottobefound.Thiswashisopportunity.WerenottheeyesofallthecitizensoftheUnitedStatesuponhim?Hebelievedso.

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