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Las aventuras de Tom Sawyer
Capítulo 23, Página 6
Counsel
for
Potter
declined
to
question
him.
The
faces
of
the
audience
began
to
betray
annoyance.
Did
this
attorney
mean
to
throw
away
his
client’s
life
without
an
effort?
Several
witnesses
deposed
concerning
Potter’s
guilty
behavior
when
brought
to
the
scene
of
the
murder.
They
were
allowed
to
leave
the
stand
without
being
cross-questioned.
Every
detail
of
the
damaging
circumstances
that
occurred
in
the
graveyard
upon
that
morning
which
all
present
remembered
so
well
was
brought
out
by
credible
witnesses,
but
none
of
them
were
cross-examined
by
Potter’s
lawyer.
The
perplexity
and
dissatisfaction
of
the
house
expressed
itself
in
murmurs
and
provoked
a
reproof
from
the
bench.
Counsel
for
the
prosecution
now
said:
“By
the
oaths
of
citizens
whose
simple
word
is
above
suspicion,
we
have
fastened
this
awful
crime,
beyond
all
possibility
of
question,
upon
the
unhappy
prisoner
at
the
bar.
We
rest
our
case
here.”
A
groan
escaped
from
poor
Potter,
and
he
put
his
face
in
his
hands
and
rocked
his
body
softly
to
and
fro,
while
a
painful
silence
reigned
in
the
courtroom.
Many
men
were
moved,
and
many
women’s
compassion
testified
itself
in
tears.
Counsel
for
the
defence
rose
and
said:
“Your
honor,
in
our
remarks
at
the
opening
of
this
trial,
we
foreshadowed
our
purpose
to
prove
that
our
client
did
this
fearful
deed
while
under
the
influence
of
a
blind
and
irresponsible
delirium
produced
by
drink.
We
have
changed
our
mind.
We
shall
not
offer
that
plea.”
[Then
to
the
clerk:]
“Call
Thomas
Sawyer!”
A
puzzled
amazement
awoke
in
every
face
in
the
house,
not
even
excepting
Potter’s.
Every
eye
fastened
itself
with
wondering
interest
upon
Tom
as
he
rose
and
took
his
place
upon
the
stand.
The
boy
looked
wild
enough,
for
he
was
badly
scared.
The
oath
was
administered.
“Thomas
Sawyer,
where
were
you
on
the
seventeenth
of
June,
about
the
hour
of
midnight?”
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