The court was extremely crowded, and some fair ladies appeared there to grace its customarily ungracious walls.

On the bench we observed Lord Killtime, Sir Gregory Hardlines, and Mr.
Whip Vigil.

Mr.Undecimus Scott, who had been summoned as a witness by the prisoner, was also accommodated by the sheriffs with a seat.' Such was the opening paragraph of the seven columns which were devoted by the _Daily Delight_ to the all-absorbing subject.
But Mr.Gitemthruet made his way through artists, reporters, and the agitated crowd with that happy air of command which can so easily be assumed by men at a moment's notice, when they feel themselves to be for that moment of importance.

'Come this way, Mr.Tudor; follow me and we will get on without any trouble; just follow me close,' said Mr.Gitemthruet to his client, in a whisper which was audible to not a few.

Tudor, who was essaying, and not altogether unsuccessfully, to bear the public gaze undismayed, did as he was bid, and followed Mr.Gitemthruet.
'Now,' said the attorney, 'we'll sit here--Mr.Chaffanbrass will be close to us, there; so that I can touch him up as we go along; of course, you know, you can make any suggestion, only you must do it through me.