He sighed
with relief, however, when Soames, slowly turning, and without any
change of expression, descended from the box.
When it came to the turn of Bosinney's Counsel to address the Judge,
James redoubled his attention, and he searched the Court again and again
to see if Bosinney were not somewhere concealed.
Young Chankery began nervously; he was placed by Bosinney's absence in
an awkward position. He therefore did his best to turn that absence to
account.
He could not but fear--he said--that his client had met with an
accident. He had fully expected him there to give evidence; they had
sent round that morning both to Mr. Bosinney's office and to his rooms
(though he knew they were one and the same, he thought it was as
well not to say so), but it was not known where he was, and this he
considered to be ominous, knowing how anxious Mr. Bosinney had been to
give his evidence. He had not, however, been instructed to apply for an
adjournment, and in default of such instruction he conceived it his duty
to go on. The plea on which he somewhat confidently relied, and which
his client, had he not unfortunately been prevented in some way from
attending, would have supported by his evidence, was that such an
expression as a 'free hand' could not be limited, fettered, and rendered
unmeaning, by any verbiage which might follow it.
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