led into a dreary dawn, as might a new scene
amongst dissolving views, shadowy and sinistrous
amidst it seemed to loom the figures of the Duchatels;
and, before the sun had risen, Claude, winged equally
with hope and indignation, was posting towards
Montboeuf. The advocate threw himself upon a
couch, and he would fain have thrown up his brief of
that day, but it was for a case involving capital
punishment, and, at the eleventh hour, to have
deserted his client would have brought upon himself,
not only professional dishonor, but guilt. Hence, with
heavy heart and unwilling faculties he bent his
attention to the study of the important case, whilst
at intervals he swallowed a portion of the morning's
meal, that at the usual hour was silently placed
before him; and at last, with an inexpressible sadness
and boding, he left the stillness of his home for the
walls of the busy and exciting arena of the criminal
court.

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