As soon as the jury had a little recovered from the shock of being upset, and their slates and pencils had been found and handed back to them, they set to work very diligently to write out a history of the accident, all except the Lizard, who seemed too much overcome to do anything but sit with its mouth open, gazing up into the roof of the court.
Sitôt que les jurés se furent un peu remis de la secousse, qu’on eut retrouvé et qu’on leur eut rendu leurs ardoises et leurs crayons, ils se mirent fort diligemment à écrire l’histoire de l’accident, à l’exception du Lézard, qui paraissait trop accablé pour faire autre chose que demeurer la bouche ouverte, les yeux fixés sur le plafond de la salle.