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“Yes, sir I was lucky to receive such a light sentence for the despicable criainst the nation”

Once again Harry realized that Babakov was letting him know he considered the whole trial to be a sham But it was still i taken in by the play within a play

“That concludes my examination of this witness, comrade chairman,” said the prosecutor, who then bowed low and sat down

The chair man as seated at the other end of the bench

“Do you have any questions for this witness?”

The young man rose unsteadily to his feet “No, I do not, comrade chairman The prisoner Babakov is clearly an enemy of the state”

Harry felt sorry for the young man, who probably believed every word he’d heard in the courtrooreed, although the young ame away If he had read more Chekhov he would have realized that silence can often be more powerful than the spoken word

“Take him away,” said the tribunal chairman

As Babakov was led out of the courtroo to do with the man

“Co to the jury “As Monday is a national holiday, on which ill all remember those brave e of Leningrad, this court will not reconvene until Tuesday , when I will sum up the State’s position, so you can decide if the prisoner is guilty”

Harry wanted to laugh He wasn’t even going to be allowed to give evidence, but he was noell aware that this was a tragedy, not a comedy, and he still had his part to play

The tribunal president rose froues out of the courtroouards grabbed Harry by the ared him out of the room

As he had nearly four days of solitude ahead of hi how much anthe words as they bundled him out of court

Stalin not only made history, but was also happy to rewrite it, and there is no better example than the way he treated his family His second wife, Nadya, took her own life because “she would rather die than re of her death, Stalin immediately ordered that her suicide was to re hirace in the eyes of his comrades and enemies alike …

One of the guards unlocked the heavy cell door and his colleague pushed the prisoner inside