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In this state of mind Nekhludoff left the Court and went into the

jury all the while, and

hearing as being said around him

The merry merchant seemed with all his heart to sy his ti like! Real Siberian fashion! He knehat he was about,

no fear! That's the sort of wench forhis conviction, that in some way or other

the expert's conclusions were the i about so Nekhludoff answered all the

questions addressed to hied only to be

left in peace

When the usher, with his sideways gait, called the jury back to

the Court, Nekhludoff was seized with fear, as if he were not

going to judge, but to be judged In the depth of his soul he

felt that he was a scoundrel, who ought to be ashamed to look

people in the face, yet, by sheer force of habit, he stepped on

to the platfor his legs and playing with his pince-nez

The prisoners had also been led out, and were now brought in

again There were some new faces in the Court witnesses, and

Nekhludoff noticed that Maslova could not take her eyes off a

very fat wo, very