Desperate Acts
“There was no way to mitigate the effect of Brodie’s omission of the second note from his statement – Marc might be able to address that in his closing remarks – but he made some headway towards blunting the stunning revelation of what Brodie’s intentions and mood had been early that Wednesday evening. Thornton had compelled a tearful Celia to admit that his “threat” against the blackmailer had been said in anger, and it was here that Marc began.
“Given your brother’s character and customary beh...aviour, Miss Langford, is it not more probable that his remark about stopping the blackmailer and his criminal activities was intended to convey to you that he planned to catch the villain and hale him before the courts, and that the anger you’ve described was his outrage at such unconscionable behaviour?”
Despite an apoplectic interjection from Kingsley Thornton, Marc had been able to make his point, small as it was after the dramatic impact of Celia’s surprise testimony.
When the noon-hour recess was called, Marc sat in his seat for several minutes.MoreLess
“Given your brother’s character and customary beh...aviour, Miss Langford, is it not more probable that his remark about stopping the blackmailer and his criminal activities was intended to convey to you that he planned to catch the villain and hale him before the courts, and that the anger you’ve described was his outrage at such unconscionable behaviour?”
Despite an apoplectic interjection from Kingsley Thornton, Marc had been able to make his point, small as it was after the dramatic impact of Celia’s surprise testimony.
When the noon-hour recess was called, Marc sat in his seat for several minutes.MoreLess
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