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But
because
of
the
sheer
contentiousness
and
determination
of
his
nature
,
he
would
not
permit
himself
to
be
completely
baffled
by
this
smashing
announcement
.
Instead
he
turned
,
and
after
surveying
the
flustered
and
yet
self-chastising
Belknap
and
Clyde
,
commented
:
"
I
do
n't
believe
it
He
's
lying
,
I
think
,
or
bluffing
.
At
any
rate
,
we
'll
wait
and
see
.
It
's
a
long
time
between
now
and
our
side
of
the
story
.
Look
at
all
those
witnesses
there
.
And
we
can
cross-question
them
by
the
week
,
if
we
want
to
--
until
he
's
out
of
office
.
Plenty
of
time
to
do
a
lot
of
things
--
find
out
about
this
witness
in
the
meantime
.
And
besides
,
there
's
suicide
,
or
there
's
the
actual
thing
that
happened
.
We
can
let
Clyde
swear
to
what
did
happen
--
a
cataleptic
trance
--
no
courage
to
do
it
.
It
's
not
likely
anybody
can
see
that
at
five
hundred
feet
.
"
And
he
smiled
grimly
.
At
almost
the
same
time
he
added
,
but
not
for
Clyde
's
ears
:
"
We
might
be
able
to
get
him
off
with
twenty
years
at
the
worst
,
do
n't
you
think
?
"
And
then
witnesses
,
witnesses
,
witnesses
--
to
the
number
of
one
hundred
and
twenty-seven
.
And
their
testimony
,
particularly
that
of
the
doctors
,
three
guides
,
the
woman
who
heard
Roberta
's
last
cry
,
all
repeatedly
objected
to
by
Jephson
and
Belknap
,
for
upon
such
weakness
and
demonstrable
error
as
they
could
point
out
depended
the
plausibility
of
Clyde
's
daring
defense
.
And
all
of
this
carrying
the
case
well
into
November
,
and
after
Mason
had
been
overwhelmingly
elected
to
the
judgeship
which
he
had
so
craved
.
And
because
of
the
very
vigor
and
strife
of
the
trial
,
the
general
public
from
coast
to
coast
taking
more
and
more
interest
.
And
obviously
,
as
the
days
passed
and
the
newspaper
writers
at
the
trial
saw
it
,
Clyde
was
guilty
.
Yet
he
,
because
of
the
repeated
commands
of
Jephson
,
facing
each
witness
who
assailed
him
with
calm
and
even
daring
.
"
Your
name
?
"
"
Titus
Alden
.
"
"
You
are
the
father
of
Roberta
Alden
?
"
"
Yes
,
sir
.
"
"
Now
,
Mr.
Alden
,
just
tell
the
jury
how
and
under
what
circumstances
it
was
that
your
daughter
Roberta
happened
to
go
to
Lycurgus
.
"
"
Objected
to
.
Irrelevant
,
immaterial
,
incompetent
,
"
snapped
Belknap
.
"
I
'll
connect
it
up
,
"
put
in
Mason
,
looking
up
at
the
judge
,
who
ruled
that
Titus
might
answer
subject
to
a
motion
to
strike
out
his
testimony
if
not
"
connected
up
.
"
