In Sight of St. Paul's — page 249: what you’re looking at

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244 | WAITING FOR THE VERDICT. The trio paused near one of the side entrances of St. Paul’s. eta. “You must really brace up, both of you,’’. said Gillie, with all the cheerfulness he could assuime. To the young attorney’s credit, it must. be said that he had done everything in his power to save his client and had made really a brilliant fight. ‘‘I sincerely think, so far asa lawyer can give his opinion, that Tom will be acquitted.’’ Aileen raised her beautiful, sad eyes to his face. ‘Whatever happens,’’ she said, tremulously, but earnestly, ‘‘I can never thank you enough. No one could have pleaded more strongly and brilliantly for a brother’s life.’’ Gillie flushed beneath these words of praise. “Well—you see——’’ he stammiered, ‘‘it’s my first brief. I had to do my best, don’t you know! I don’t know what they’ll say at my leaving the court. I must get back as soon as possible.” ‘It was very kind of you to bring me here,’’ said Aileen, with a longing, shuddering glance at the gloomy building they had just left. ‘‘I couldn’t have staid in that terrible place another moment. Oh!’ clasping her hands passionately together. ‘*To think that my darling’s life rests in the hands of those men !’? ‘It will be all right,’’ declared Gillie, with a con- fidence he did not wholly feel. “The old cockalorum Gomicbooks (E(0)