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1、CHAPTERONETheWake-UpCallHecollapsedrightinthemiddleofapackedcourtroom.Hewasoneofthiscountry'smostdistinguishedtriallawyers.Hewasalsoamanwhowasaswellknownforthethree-thousand-dollarItaliansuitswhichdrapedhiswell-fedframeasforhisremarkablestringoflegalvictories.Isimplystood
2、there,paralyzedbytheshockofwhatIhadjustwitnessed.ThegreatJulianMantlehadbeenreducedtoavictimandwasnowsquirmingonthegroundlikeahelplessinfant,shakingandshiveringandsweatinglikeamaniac.Everythingseemedtomoveinslowmotionfromthatpointon."MyGod,Julian'sintrouble!"hisparalegals
3、creamed,emotionallyofferingusablindingglimpseoftheobvious.Thejudgelookedpanic-strickenandquicklymutteredsomethingintotheprivatephoneshehadhadinstalledintheeventofanemergency.Asforme,Icouldonlystandthere,dazedandconfused.Pleasedon'tdie,youoldfool.Itstooearlyforyoutocheckou
4、t.Youdon'tdeservetodielikethis.Thebailiff,whoearlierhadlookedasifhehadbeenembalmedinhisstandingposition,leaptintoactionandstartedtoperformCPRonthefallenlegalhero.Theparalegalwasathisside,herlongblondcurlsdanglingoverJulian'sruby-redface,offeringhimsoftwordsofcomfort,words
5、whichheobviouslycouldnothear.IhadknownJulianforseventeenyears.WehadfirstmetwhenIwasayounglawstudenthiredbyoneofhispartnersasasummerresearchintern.Backthen,he'dhaditall.Hewasabrilliant,hand•someandfearlesstrialattorneywithdreamsofgreatness.Julianwasthefirm'syoungstar,thera
6、in-makerinwaiting.IcanstillrememberwalkingbyhisregalcornerofficewhileIwasworkinglateonenightandstealingaglimpseoftheframedquotationperchedonhismassiveoakdesk.ItwasbyWinstonChurchillanditspokevolumesaboutthemanthatJulianwas:SureIamthatthisdaywearemastersofourfate,thattheta
7、skwhichhasbeensetbeforeusisnotaboveourstrength;thatitspangsandtoilsarenotbeyondmyendurance.Aslongaswehavefaithinourowncauseandanuncon•querablewilltowin,victorywillnotbedeniedus.Julianalsowalkedhistalk.Hewastough,hard-drivingandwillingtoworkeighteen-hourdaysforthesuccesshe
8、believedwashisdestiny.Iheardthroughthegrapevinethathisgrandfatherhadbeenaprominentsenatorandhisf
