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 jury, have you agreed upon your verdict?"

"We have." The foreman was an agitated, colourless man, and he spoke in a low tone.

"Do you find the prisoner at the bar guilty, or not guilty?"

"Guilty."

Yes, that was right; this was the real business. His head was clear and ready now.

"And is that the verdict of you all?"

"Yes."

Was that Hannah sobbing?

A pale parson in his black gown came walking along by the bench, and stood like a tall ghost at the judge's side, his eyes raised and his hands clasped. The judge took a black thing from the seat beside him, and arranged it on his head. It was a sort of soft mortarboard, Josh noted curiously, with a large silk tassel hanging over one side, giving the judge, with his