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Even
the
tight-drawn
thongs
can
not
keep
him
in
place
.
Two
men
,
one
at
each
shoulder
,
with
a
third
seated
upon
his
knees
,
hold
him
to
the
ground
.
His
eyes
alone
are
free
to
move
;
and
these
rolling
in
their
sockets
glare
upon
his
guards
with
wild
unnatural
glances
,
fearful
to
encounter
.
Only
one
of
the
prisoners
is
arraigned
on
the
capital
charge
;
the
other
is
but
doubtfully
regarded
as
an
accomplice
.
The
servant
alone
has
been
examined
--
asked
to
confess
all
he
knows
,
and
what
he
has
to
say
for
himself
.
It
is
no
use
putting
questions
to
his
master
.
Phelim
has
told
his
tale
--
too
strange
to
be
credited
;
though
the
strangest
part
of
it
--
that
relating
to
his
having
seen
a
horseman
without
ahead
--
is
looked
upon
as
the
least
improbable
!
He
can
not
explain
it
;
and
his
story
but
strengthens
the
suspicion
already
aroused
--
that
the
spectral
apparition
is
a
part
of
the
scheme
of
murder
!
"
All
stuff
his
tales
about
tiger-fights
and
Indians
!
"
say
those
to
whom
he
has
been
imparting
them
.
"
A
pack
of
lies
,
contrived
to
mislead
us
--
nothing
else
.
"
The
trial
has
lasted
scarce
ten
minutes
;
and
yet
the
jury
have
come
to
their
conclusion
.
In
the
minds
of
most
--
already
predisposed
to
it
--
there
is
a
full
conviction
that
Henry
Poindexter
is
a
dead
man
,
and
that
Maurice
Gerald
is
answerable
for
his
death
.
Every
circumstance
already
known
has
been
reconsidered
;
while
to
these
have
been
added
the
new
facts
discovered
at
the
jacalé
--
the
ugliest
of
which
is
the
finding
of
the
cloak
and
hat
.
The
explanations
given
by
the
Galwegian
,
confused
and
incongruous
,
carry
no
credit
.
Why
should
they
?
They
are
the
inventions
of
an
accomplice
.
