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1、THEREDSEALTHEREDSEALbyNatalieSumnerLincoln1THEREDSEALCHAPTERIINTHEPOLICECOURTTeAssistantDistrictAttorneyglanceddownatthepapersinhishandandthenupatthewell-dressed,stockilybuiltmanoccupyingthewitnessstand.Hismannerwasconciliatory."Accordingtoyourtestimony,M
2、r.Clymer,theprisoner,JohnSylvester,washonestandreliable,andfaithfullyperformedhisdutiesasconfidentialclerk,"hestated."JustwhenwasSylvesterinyouremploy?""Sylvesterwasneverinmyemploy,"correctedBenjaminAugustusClymer.ThepresidentoftheMetropolisTrustCompanywa
3、snotedforhisprecisionofspeech."Duringthewinterof1918IsharedanapartmentwithJudgeJamesHildebrand,whoemployedSylvester.""WasSylvesteraddictedtodrink?""No.""Washequarrelsome?""No.""WasSylvestermarriedatthatdate?"AtthequestionafaintsmiletouchedthecornersofClym
4、er'scleanshavenmouthandhiseyestraveledinvoluntarilytowardtheover-dressedfemalewhosechargeofassaultandbatteryagainstherhusbandhadbroughtClymertothepolicecourtasa"character"witnessinSylvester'sbehalf."SylvesterleftJudgeHildebrandtogetmarried,"heexplained."H
5、ewasamodelclerk;honest,sober,andindustrious.""Thatisall,Mr.Clymer."TheAssistantDistrictAttorneyspokeinsomehaste."Youmayretire,sir,"and,asClymerturnedtovacatethewitnessbox,headdressedthepresidingjudge.Clymerdidnotcatchhisremarksas,onsteppingdown,hewasbutto
6、n-holedbyamanwhoseentrancehadoccurredafewminutesbeforethroughtheswingdoorwhichgaveexitfromthespacereservedforwitnessesandlawyersintothebodyofthecourtroom."Sitoverhereasecond,"thenewcomersaidinanundertone,indicatingthelongbenchunderthewindow."HasMissMcInty
7、rebeen2THEREDSEALhere?""MissMcIntyre-here?"Clymerstaredinamazementathisquestioner."No,certainlynot.""Don'tbesopositive,"retortedthelawyerheatedly,hiscolorrisingattheother'sincreduloustone."HelenMcIntyretelephonedmetomeether,and-byJove,hereshecomes,"asasli
8、ghtstiratthebackofthecourtroomcausedhimtoglanceinthatdirection.Agray-hairedpatrolman,capinhand,wasintheleadofthesmallprocessionwhichfileduptheaisle,andClymergazedinastonishmentatHelenMcIntyreandhertwinsister,Barbara
