Painting the Darkness
“Such was the arena for the case of Norton versus Davenall, and such were its occupants, ranged before the vacant berth, as the appointed hour drew near, that dank November morning.
Those who knew their legal drama and its leading actors had been watching the two senior counsel, Russell and Giffard, preparing themselves on opposite sides of the court, and had looked to them for clues as to what would follow. Russell had been much the less active of the two, exuding his practised air of the casua...l dilettante. Giffard, by contrast, had been perpetually engaged in murmured consultations with a clutch of juniors, though whether at his instigation or that of his client was unclear. He had been observed to speak testily on one occasion to the bearded grey-haired solicitor whom rumour held to be a cousin of the defendant. Sir Hugo Davenall himself was taken to be the long-limbed tousle-haired young man who was out of his chair, adjusting his collar and fingering his lips, as often as he was in it, drumming his fingers and shooting glances around the court.MoreLess
Those who knew their legal drama and its leading actors had been watching the two senior counsel, Russell and Giffard, preparing themselves on opposite sides of the court, and had looked to them for clues as to what would follow. Russell had been much the less active of the two, exuding his practised air of the casua...l dilettante. Giffard, by contrast, had been perpetually engaged in murmured consultations with a clutch of juniors, though whether at his instigation or that of his client was unclear. He had been observed to speak testily on one occasion to the bearded grey-haired solicitor whom rumour held to be a cousin of the defendant. Sir Hugo Davenall himself was taken to be the long-limbed tousle-haired young man who was out of his chair, adjusting his collar and fingering his lips, as often as he was in it, drumming his fingers and shooting glances around the court.MoreLess
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