Flowers for the Judge
“Miss Curley was grimly capable, keeping her head with a conscious effort. Gina was silent and, had it not been for a glazed expression in her eyes, might have appeared sullen. Her chestnut hair warmed the whiteness of her skin and her mouth was resolute.
‘She must eat,’ said Miss Curley in an undertone to Ritchie. ‘You come up with me and talk to her until I find something.’ Gina looked at Campion.
‘They’re making a strong case,’ she whispered. ‘Even John’s beginning to see it now. He stayed be...hind to speak to Cousin Alexander. It all fits in so horribly the way they put it.’ ‘Wait till you hear the defence,’ said Campion, with forced cheerfulness. ‘The prosecution is always convincing till you hear the defence. Don’t worry.’ She looked at him as though he had said something absurd, smiled mechanically and passed on up the stairs, Miss Curley following her. Ritchie turned to Campion.
‘Better go,’ he said. ‘Poor girl!’ There was a pause in which he seemed to be struggling for words.MoreLess
‘She must eat,’ said Miss Curley in an undertone to Ritchie. ‘You come up with me and talk to her until I find something.’ Gina looked at Campion.
‘They’re making a strong case,’ she whispered. ‘Even John’s beginning to see it now. He stayed be...hind to speak to Cousin Alexander. It all fits in so horribly the way they put it.’ ‘Wait till you hear the defence,’ said Campion, with forced cheerfulness. ‘The prosecution is always convincing till you hear the defence. Don’t worry.’ She looked at him as though he had said something absurd, smiled mechanically and passed on up the stairs, Miss Curley following her. Ritchie turned to Campion.
‘Better go,’ he said. ‘Poor girl!’ There was a pause in which he seemed to be struggling for words.MoreLess
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