CHAPTER XXVII. 

THE TRIAL. 

Edith Hudson spent a restless night, and early in the morning, as early as she thought she could reach him, she called the office of Jimmy's attorney. She told the lawyer that some new evidence was to have been brought in to him and asked if he had received it. Receiving a negative reply she asked that she be called the moment it was brought in. 

All that day and the next she waited, scarcely leaving her room for fear that the call might come while she was away. The days ran into weeks and still there was no word from the Lizard. 

Jimmy was brought to trial, and she saw him daily in the courtroom and as often as they would let her she would visit him in jail. On several occasions she met Harriet Holden, also visiting him, and she saw that the other young woman was as constant an attendant at court as she. 

The State had established as unassailable a case as might be built on circumstantial evidence. Krovac had testified that Torrance had made threats against Compton in his presence, and there was no way in which Jimmy's attorneys could refute the perjured statement. Jimmy himself had come to realize that his attorney was fighting now for his life, that the verdict of the jury was already a foregone conclusion and that the only thing left to fight for now was the question of the penalty. 

Daily he saw in the court-room the faces of the three girls who had entered so strangely into his life. He noticed, with not a little sorrow and regret, that Elizabeth Compton and Harriet Holden always sat apart and that they no longer spoke. He saw the effect of the strain of the long trial on Edith Hudson. She looked wan and worried, and then finally she was not in court one day, and later, through Harriet Holden, he learned that she was confined to her room with a bad cold. 
What was Edith thinking of?
who?
Did she speak with him?
how?
What is she asking about?
received what?
did he?
What did she ask of him?
when?
did it come that day?
Who was brought to the courtroom?
Was she able to see him?
how often?
how about in jail?
who eklse visited?
was she at court also?
Was this a short trial?
What happened to Edith at the end?
did she still go to court?
who told him about the cold?
When she could reach him.
Edith Hudson spent a restless night, and early in the morning, as early as she thought she could reach him, she called the office of Jimmy's attorney.
Jimmy's attorney.
Edith Hudson spent a restless night, and early in the morning, as early as she thought she could reach him, she called the office of Jimmy's attorney.
Yes.
She told the lawyer that some new evidence was to have been brought in to him and asked if he had received it.
She told the lawyer that some new evidence was to have been brought in.
She told the lawyer that some new evidence was to have been brought in to him and asked if he had received it.
If he had received it.
She told the lawyer that some new evidence was to have been brought in to him and asked if he had received it.
The new evidence.
She told the lawyer that some new evidence was to have been brought in to him and asked if he had received it.
No.
Receiving a negative reply she asked that she be called the moment it was brought in. 
To be called.
Receiving a negative reply she asked that she be called the moment it was brought in. 
The moment it was brought in.
Receiving a negative reply she asked that she be called the moment it was brought in. 
No.
All that day and the next she waited, scarcely leaving her room for fear that the call might come while she was away. 
Jimmy.
Jimmy was brought to trial, and she saw him daily in the courtroom and as often as they would let her she would visit him in jail. 
Yes.
Jimmy was brought to trial, and she saw him daily in the courtroom and as often as they would let her she would visit him in jail.
Daily.
Jimmy was brought to trial, and she saw him daily in the courtroom and as often as they would let her she would visit him in jail.
As often as they would let her.
Jimmy was brought to trial, and she saw him daily in the courtroom and as often as they would let her she would visit him in jail. 
Harriet Holden.
On several occasions she met Harriet Holden, also visiting him, 
Yes.
On several occasions she met Harriet Holden, also visiting him, and she saw that the other young woman was as constant an attendant at court as she. 
No.
Daily he saw in the court-room the faces of the three girls who had entered so strangely into his life.
She got a bad cold.
She looked wan and worried, and then finally she was not in court one day, and later, through Harriet Holden, he learned that she was confined to her room with a bad cold.
No.
She looked wan and worried, and then finally she was not in court one day
Harriet Holden.
She looked wan and worried, and then finally she was not in court one day, and later, through Harriet Holden, he learned that she was confined to her room with a bad cold.