though unable to bear the sight of the proceedings; he remained in a
house at hand.

Nearly the whole population of Stoneborough, Whitford, and Blewer was
striving to press into court, but before the day's work began, Edward
Anderson had piloted Mrs. Pugh to a commodious place, under the
escort of his brother Harvey, who was collecting materials for an
article on criminal jurisprudence.

Some of those who, like the widow and little Gertrude, had been wild
to be present, felt their hearts fail them when the last previous
case had been disposed of; and there was a brief pause of grave and
solemn suspense and silent breathless expectation within the court,
unbroken, except by increased sounds of crowding in all the avenues
without.

Every one, except the mere loungers, who craved nothing but
excitement, looked awed and anxious; and the impression was deepened
by the perception that the same feeling, though restrained, affected
the judge himself, and was visible in the anxious attention with
which he looked at the papers before him, and the stern sadness that
had come over the features naturally full of kindness and
benevolence.

The prisoner appeared in the dock. He had become paler, and perhaps
thinner, for his square determined jaw, and the resolute mould of his
lips, were more than usually remarkable, and were noted in the
physiognomical brain of Harvey Anderson; as well as the keen light of
his full dark hazel eye, the breadth of his brow, with his shining
light brown hair brushed back from it; the strong build of his frame,