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"I do, Your Honor" That was Fourth, and he cleared his throat twice before continuing "I have enjoyed the privilege of being acquainted with Miss Kittredge as a business associate for several years"

"Business? What’s this?" Newton looked over the riel?"

"Indeed she is, sir," Fourth said "She keeps an office don in the Davies Building, where I am also ee has never once practiced any fore this testimony," Fordun said at once

"Mr Jones, summon the court detector," Newton said

I turned to Clark and whispered, "What’s a detector?"

"Useless," he is like Newton think they’re infallible"

A few reen robe was led into the courtroom Milky cataracts occluded his eyes, and he appeared to be co him up toward the bench, for when the clerk stopped, so did the detector

"Magistrate," the oldvoice "How estured for Fourth to join the oldthe detector turned him to face him

"Hold out your hands, palms up," the clerk told Fourth "Stand still and do not speak unless you are spoken to"

Fourth did as he was instructed, and the old ers over both paled"

Fourth sed "I aertips over the pallanced at me "To help a friend who has been unjustly persecuted, sir That is all"

"Not all" His wrinkled brow furrowed "Soh it was obvious from the vacancy of his eyes that he was stone-blind

"Well?" the prosecutor de to protect this female?"

"No" The oldistrate His testimony may be accepted as such"

Fordun seee the use of this detector, Your Honor He is clearly unable to discern the falsehoods being presented by this boy I de forth s"

"That one," the detector said as he nodded at the prosecutor, "is your liar, Magistrate I needn’t touch hihed "Sit down, Mr Fordun"

"I am not on trial," Fordun snapped His voice rose to a near-bellow as he addressed the orously insist you--"

"In ," Newton shouted over hiue, or I’ll have you charged with contempt and hauled out of here in shackles"

Fortunately for Fordun, he appeared so furious as to be rendered speechless, and stalked back to his seat The detector tugged at his guide until the clerk brought him over to me and Clark

The old man held out his hand but didn’t touchme as if he were afraid I’d faint "Remarkable I can al that is lost is gone forever, my dear," the detector said tomanner He sounded so stern it al I had done

I felt puzzled, but he had supported Fourth, so I tried to be polite "I will remember that, sir"

"Yes" His lips drew back frorimace "I think you will"

"If it pleases the court," Fordun said, and barely waited for Newton’s nod before he continued, "I believe from the detector’s address of this defendant that she has somehow tampered with his ability to carry out his duties Indeed, she may have bespelled hiht before Your Honor"

The detector chuckled and shook his head "As she is, she can bespell no one and nothing"