Chapter 99

           AfteritssecondinvoluntaryrecesslessprolongedthanthefirsttheCourthasoncemoreresumeditsfunctionsunderthegreatevergreenoak.

           Itisnowevening;andthesunbeams,fallingaslant,intrudeuponthespacecanopiedbythetree.

           Fromthegoldenbrightness,displayedbythematnoon,theyhavechangedtoaluridredasiftherewasangerinthesky!

           Itisbutanaccidentoftheatmospheretheportentofanapproachingstorm.

           Forallthis,itisremarkedassingular,thatastormshouldbecomingatthetime:sinceitsymbolisesthesentimentofthespectators,wholookonwithsullennessintheirhearts,andgloomintheirglances.

           ItwouldseemasifHeaven’swrathwasactinginconcertwiththepassionsofEarth!

           MauriceGeraldisnolongerthecynosureofthosescowlingeyes.Hehasbeenclamorouslyacquitted,andishenceforthonlyoneofthewitnesses.

           Intheplacelateoccupiedbyhimanotherstands.CassiusCalhounisnowtheprisoneratthebar!

           Thisistheonlychangeobservable.

           Thejudgeisthesame,thejurythesame,andthespectatorsasbefore;thoughwithverydifferentfeelingsinregardtothecriminalityoftheaccused.

           Hisguiltisnolongerthequestionthatisbeingconsidered.

           Ithasbeenestablishedbeyondtheshadowofadoubt.Theevidenceisalreadybeforethem;andthoughentirelycircumstantialasinmostcasesofmurderthecircumstancesformachainirresistiblyconclusiveandcomplete.

           Thereisbutonemissinglinkiflinkitmaybecalledthemotive.

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