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The corridors of the Court were already full of activity The

attendants hurried, out of breath, dragging their feet along the

ground without lifting thees and papers Ushers, advocates, and law officers

passed hither and thither Plaintiffs, and those of the accused

ere not guarded, wandered sadly along the walls or sat

waiting

"Where is the Law Court?" Nekhludoff asked of an attendant

"Which? There is the Civil Court and the Criminal Court"

"I am on the jury"

"The Criht, then

to the left--the second door"

Nekhludoff followed the direction

Meanwhile some of the Criminal Court jurymen ere late had

hurriedly passed into a separate roo

One, a tall, fat merchant, a kind-hearted fellow, had evidently

partaken of so, and was

in most pleasant spirits The other was a shop about the price of hen

Nekhludoff came up and asked them if this was the jurymen's room

"Yes, my dear sir, this is it One of us? On the jury, are you?"

asked the o at the work together," he

continued, after Nekhludoff had answered in the affirmative "My

name is Baklasheff,out his broad, soft, flexible hand