I have not heard of such a thing before.

Don't you think it unusual ?" "Yes," said the Judge, "it has struck me as peculiar.

Peculiar and unfortunate.

I was annoyed at it, all the time.

In the case of Angelo it made no great difference, because he was in a measure concerned, though not officially; but it troubled me to see the seconds compromised, and yet I knew no way to mend the matter.
"There was no way to mend it," said Howard, whose ear was being readjusted now by the doctor; "the code fixes our place, and it would not have been lawful to change it.