Have a look at this paper, and tell me what you think." Dyck looked at the pockmarked face of Ferens, whose record in the courts was a bad one, and what he saw did not disgust him.

It was as though Ferens had stumbled and been badly hit in his fall, but there were no signs of permanent evil in his countenance.

He was square-headed, close-cropped, clear-eyed, though his face was yellow where it was not red, and his tongue was soft in his head.
Dyck read the paper slowly and carefully.

Then he handed it back without a word.
"Well, what have you got to say ?" asked Ferens.

"Nothing?
Don't you think that's a strong list of grievances and wrongs ?" Dyck nodded.