The Battle of the Strong: A Romance of Two Kingdoms — Volume 5
Gilbert Parker · English
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The Battle of the Strong: A Romance of Two Kingdoms — Volume 5
Gilbert Parker · English
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CHAPTER XXXII The Royal Court was sitting late. Candles had been brought to light the long desk or dais where sat the Bailly in his great chair, and the twelve scarlet-robed jurats. The Attorney-General stood at his desk, mechanically scanning the indictment read against prisoners charged with capital crimes. His work was over, and according to his lights he had done it well. Not even the Undertaker's Apprentice could have been less sensitive to the struggles of humanity under the h
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