'Silence! or you'll have to go outside the court.

Mr.Dalton Dessant will leave the Bench during the hearing of this case.' Mr.Dalton Dessant, one of the silent magistrates already alluded to, bows to the chairman, and wriggles his chair back about two feet from the table.

There he gazes at the ceiling.

He is one of the trustees of the Essant Hill property; and the Bench are very careful to consult public opinion in L---- borough.
The first witness is an assistant keeper: the head keeper stands behind him--a fine man, still upright and hearty-looking, but evidently at the beginning of the vale of years; he holds his hat in his hand; the sunlight falls through the casement on his worn velveteen jacket.

The assistant, with the aid of a few questions from the Clerk, gives his evidence very clear and fairly.