pieces. But spare me, do not rob me of my God! I know myself, I shall rebel! My heart is heavy, gentlemen … spare me!”
He almost fell back in his place: his voice broke: he could hardly articulate the last phrase.
Then the judges proceeded to put the questions and began to ask both sides to formulate their conclusions.
But I will not describe the details. At last the jury rose to retire for consultation. The President was very tired, and so his last charge to the jury was rather feeble.
“Be impartial, don’t be influenced by the eloquence of the defense, but yet weigh the arguments. Remember that there is a great responsibility laid upon you,” and so on and so on.
The jury withdrew and the court adjourned. People could get up, move about, exchange their accumulated impressions, refresh themselves at the buffet. It was very late, almost one o’clock in the night, but nobody went away: