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Anzia's cousin beat the air and showered it | Anzia's cousin beat the air and showered it | ||
with thick protests of innocence. I asked permission | with thick protests of innocence. I asked permission | ||
to | to correct the defendant's response. | ||
"I think he doesn't understand that he shouldn't | "I think he doesn't understand that he shouldn't | ||
be denying his non-support but explaining it. | be denying his non-support but explaining it. | ||
There are several other children and he simply | There are several other children and he simply | ||
doesn't make enough money to go around." The | doesn't make enough money to go around." The | ||
judge signed several extraneous papers and said a few | judge signed several [[^extraneous]] papers and said a few | ||
words to the bailiffs who brought them; then | words to the bailiffs who brought them; then | ||
he turned back to us. "Can you get blood from | he turned back to us. "Can you get blood from | ||
a stone?" he demanded. "This man has no | a stone?" he demanded. "This man has no | ||
money | money. Case dismissed!" | ||
The sudden dissolving of resistance | The sudden dissolving of resistance | ||
stunned me for a moment, after which I | stunned me for a moment, after which I | ||
turned to interpret the | turned to interpret the judge's allusion to | ||
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and Anzia's cousin jumped up and scuttled to the front of the room. I followed and placed myself beside him. The judge looked at me not impolitely and turned to one of the bailiffs. "Whose that?" "Don't know, your honor." Somebody rattled off a page or two of charges and the judge said "Guilty or not guilty?" Anzia's cousin beat the air and showered it with thick protests of innocence. I asked permission to correct the defendant's response. "I think he doesn't understand that he shouldn't be denying his non-support but explaining it. There are several other children and he simply doesn't make enough money to go around." The judge signed several ^extraneous papers and said a few words to the bailiffs who brought them; then he turned back to us. "Can you get blood from a stone?" he demanded. "This man has no money. Case dismissed!"
The sudden dissolving of resistance
stunned me for a moment, after which I turned to interpret the judge's allusion to