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Chapter 87

           HeaskedafterMrGerald.Hetooappearedsober,butexcited;and,uponbeingtoldthatthemustangerwasgoneaway,becameverymuchmoreexcited.SaidhewishedverymuchtoseeGeraldthatverynight;andaskedwhichwayhehadgone.WitnessdirectedhimalongtheRioGrandetracethinkingthemustangerhadtakenit.Saidheknewtheroad,andwentoff,asifintendingtoovertakethemustanger.

           Afewdesultoryquestions,andOberdoffer’sevidenceisexhausted.

           Onthewholeitisunfavourabletotheaccused;especiallythecircumstanceofGerald’shavingchangedhisintentionastohistimeofstarting.Hismanner,describedasexcitedandangry,perhapssomewhatexaggeratedbythemanwhonaïvelyconfessestoagrudgeagainsthim.Thatisespeciallyunfavourable.Amurmurthroughthecourttellsthatithasmadethisimpression.

           ButwhyshouldHenryPoindexterhavebeenexcitedtoo?WhyshouldhehavebeenfollowingafterGeraldinsuchhothaste,andatsuchanunusualhourunusualfortheyoungplanter,bothasregardedhishauntsandhabits?

           Hadtheorderbeenreversed,andGeraldinquiringaboutandgoingafterhim,thecasewouldhavebeenclearer.Buteventhentherewouldhavebeenanabsenceofmotive.Whocanshowthis,tosatisfythejury?

           Severalwitnessesarecalled;buttheirtestimonyratherfavoursthereverseview.Someofthemtestifytothefriendlyfeelingthatexistedbetweentheprisonerandthemanhestandschargedwithhavingmurdered.

           Oneisatlengthcalledupwhogivesevidenceoftheopposite.ItisCaptainCassiusCalhoun.

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