who all eye all ear appeared, as in his earlier days;
quick to detect, prompt to demand, stern to insist, at
watch and ward at every point; so that his client
seemed to have found in him an irresistible champion,
and the crowd, to all of whom he was familiar, con-
sidered his success as certain, just as the veteran
soldiery anticipate a triumph from the General, who
has so often led them to victory that they deem him to
have become invincible. But to the thoughtful and
more observant, at times he showed signs of preoccu-
pation, strangely at variance with his present un-
doubted supremely master mood; and as the trial
proceeded these fits of wandering from the point
increased in duration and intensity. An anxious
expression settled on his countenance; his usually
energetic but measured movements when he was thus
engaged became irregular and nervous; and he fre-
quently cast glances towards the entrance, as if
expecting the arrival of some one; and twice in the
midst of withering cross-examinations, stopped short
at the sight of individuals elbowing their way
through the crowd; gazing upon them enquiringly
and with an air of expectation, until, passing, they
became embedded in the serried mass of spectators;
when, with a look of disappointment, he resumed his
task, and again with consummate talent and charac-
teristic vigor, did battle for his client, whose dark
distinction in the dock went nigh unnoticed, from
the settled attention bestowed on his defender, just
as the prominently exhibited prize is sometimes
overlooked and temporarily forgotten, in the obser-
vation compelled to the rare skill shown by the com-
peting players.

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