Already the Secretary of State had been disposed of with a promptitude which, his friends asserted, savoured rather of the wolf pack than the courtroom.
"The Tempering"
Charles Neville Buck
A few of them would stand framed in those courtroom windows under the portrait of Chief Justice Marshall, and as the words fell from the lips that held doom, their hands would rise, with one, two, three, or four fingers extended, as the case might warrant.
"The Tempering"
Charles Neville Buck
Do you see that man in the courtroom now?
"The Tempering"
Charles Neville Buck