Everybody
noticed that on the present occasion this piece of furniture was
located elsewhere. It stood below the Sovereign's portrait. A delicate
compliment to the formidable lawyer-champion of Catholicism, sworn
enemy to the House of Savoy. People commented favourably on this little
detail. How artful of him! they said.
All eyes were fixed upon Don Giustino. He sat there quietly. If he was
bored he certainly did not show it. Now that he was here he would give
these good people a taste of his quality. He knew all about the gold
coin; he was profoundly convinced of the prisoner's guilt. This was
lucky for the young man. Had he thought otherwise he would probably
have refused to take up the case. Don Giustino made a point of never
defending innocent people. They were idiots who entangled themselves in
the meshes of the law; they fully deserved their fate. Really to have
murdered Muhlen was the one and only point in the prisoner's favour. It
made him worthy of his rhetorical efforts. All his clients were guilty,
and all of them got off scot free.
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