The Hangman's Whip
“They sat together on a front rank of chairs and were all, probably, conscious of the faces behind them in the packed little room; villagers and summer residents, all with the same half-shrinking, half-avid look of curiosity.
On the table before the coroner was a gruesome little collection—the rope cut jaggedly into two and coiled like twin snakes around a large rusted iron hook, a faded lavender bathrobe cord, Calvin’s raincoat, an envelope which probably contained the scrap of Search’s dress. ...The sheriff sat near the coroner and leaned forward now and then to whisper to him.
It was obvious from the instant the court opened that the coroner and the sheriff knew exactly what they intended to do and proceeded from the first with expedition, holding strictly to the line of the inquiry, questioning their witnesses quickly and precisely and permitting no deviations.
The jury was chosen quickly—townspeople with one or two summer residents—and Dr Jerym himself told them briefly but exactly the findings of his post-mortem.MoreLess
On the table before the coroner was a gruesome little collection—the rope cut jaggedly into two and coiled like twin snakes around a large rusted iron hook, a faded lavender bathrobe cord, Calvin’s raincoat, an envelope which probably contained the scrap of Search’s dress. ...The sheriff sat near the coroner and leaned forward now and then to whisper to him.
It was obvious from the instant the court opened that the coroner and the sheriff knew exactly what they intended to do and proceeded from the first with expedition, holding strictly to the line of the inquiry, questioning their witnesses quickly and precisely and permitting no deviations.
The jury was chosen quickly—townspeople with one or two summer residents—and Dr Jerym himself told them briefly but exactly the findings of his post-mortem.MoreLess
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