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None of them even noticed Their eyes were on Moody She had the

“Yes, sir, I did, and I no sooner got the words out of my mouth than a bunch of ’em rode up on their horses and started shootin’ and yellin’ and everything Just like Papaw said”

“If we can,” Lewis said, “let’s return to the issue of the search warrant”

“Yes, sir,” said Moody, as proper and polite as I had ever heard her

“Noho showed it to you?”

“Mr North was the one holding the paper,” she said “And Mr Stephens ith him”

“You are absolutely certain they presented that warrant to you?”

“Well, yes, sir, I mean—that’s what happened Just like y’all said Don’t you believe me?”

She looked the very picture of confounded innocence

Maxwell Lewis turned to ed

My father spoke frorowl: “Moody Cross You have sworn to tell the truth in this court Do you understand that?”

“Oh, I certainly do, Your Honor, that’s just what I’ure out why ot y’all so confused It’s alry at me”

She even had the nerve to so too far You’ve got theht where you want them

Before she took the stand, Moody and her grandfather had been uncooperative liars, uppity Negroes, troubleal search warrant Now they were innocent citizens who had agreed to a search of their preely attacked For no reason at all

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