But the jury box was full, not with a jury, for the case was to be tried before the Court itself, but of various distinguished individuals, including several ladies, who had obtained orders.

The little gallery above was also crowded with smart-looking people.

As for the seats devoted to counsel in the cause, they were crammed to overflowing with the representatives of the various defendants--so crammed, indeed, that the wretched James Short, sole counsel for the plaintiff, had to establish himself and his papers in the centre of the third bench sometimes used by solicitors.
"Heavens!" said Eustace to Augusta, counting the heads; "there are twenty-three counsel against us.

What will that unfortunate James do against so many ?" "I don't know, I'm sure," said Augusta, with a sigh.

"It doesn't seem quite fair, does it?
But then, you see, there was no money." Just then John Short came up.