Excerpt from The Case and Exceptions: Stories of Counsel and Clients It is over. Warren's fate is in the hands of the jury. I have done the little I could, but the strain has been almost too much for me.
Even now, my heart sinks at the thought that I may have left something undone or failed to see some trap of the District Attorney.
For more than two hours I have been sitting here fighting it all through again.
You have not known what this case means to me, and doubtless have often found me a dull companion and neglectful lover during the past months. But I will not cry peccavi, my Lady, unless you pronounce me guilty after reading what I write. See how confident I am - not Of myself but Of you!
The Court Room is quiet now, for it is ten o'clock at night. Only a few reporters and Officials have lingered, and these yawn over the protracted business. Think of it! This is merely a matter of business to them - the life of this man. I cannot blame them, yet the thought of such indifference to what is so terribly vital to me, crushes with its awful significance.
Godfrey Warren is only a name to you, or at most only the name of one of my clients. You have not known that he is my Oldest and dearest friend. How hard it has been to keep this from you! But it was his wish that you should not know it - and, if I do not send this letter, you never will.
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