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“Gentlemen, I want you to join me on an important journey,” he said, in his orotund voice “I’ll let you in on our destination before we cododoentlemen, I can promise you, that is where we shall arrive”
The sh the air around the dandyish little city attorney He slowly paced the length of the jury box, turned, and paced the other way
“We are not going to entlemen Our companions on this journey are not of the fancy kind They don’t wear fine clothes and they don’t ride first class Our coentlemen, are the facts of this case”
As o, it seemed fairly si it up I made a mental note to lay on an even thicker layer of corn pone than I had originally intended It was the least I could do for Grace and her chances
“What do the facts of this murder case tell us?” Ames asked His voice dropped a few notes on the scale “The first fact is this: Grace Johnson has all but confessed to the criht here in front of you today You heard her admit to a most powerful motive, the hateful emotions and vitriolic resentments she bore toward her employer”
It was all I could do to keep froe Warren’s earlier warning served to keep me in my seat
“The second fact speaks even more loudly Grace claims that Lydia Davenport shouted at her Let entlemen Lydia Davenport dared to shout at the wo employee in her household In other words, Mrs Davenport deserved to die because she shouted at a maid!”
Ames was not just a skillful actor; when it caler
“Now let another fact speak to you, friends The fact is, the cour
t has appointed one of the capital’s finest young attorneys to represent Grace Johnson Nowus have the best defensegentleman fool you Don’t let his pretty words ba to try to do”
He waved his hand indifferently inaround his head
“Mr Corbett will try to cast doubt upon these obvious facts He will tell you that the Davenport house was bursting with eht have murdered Lydia Davenport”
Aer at my client
“But the fact is this: Only one person in that house ad a ht there! Grace Johnson!”
He strode to the prosecution table and lifted a worn brown Bible He opened it to a page he seean to read aloud