OFFICERS OF THE COURT, _attending the twelve_ JURYMEN, _who
take their seats. A crowd follows._ PROFESSOR OLNEY _trying to press
through the crowd: young_ HENRY BOLTON _makes room for him_.

YOUNG BOLTON.
Stand here, Professor Olney--take this place;
Here you will not be crowded. Ah! your cough
Is troublesome to-day. Pray, take this seat;
You'll see as well, and be much more at ease.

PROFESSOR OLNEY (_taking the seat_).
Thank you! thank you! This is kind, indeed.
I am not well to-day, but could not lose
This chance of listening to your father's voice.
His eloquence is classic in its style;
Not brilliant with explosive coruscations
Of heterogeneous thoughts at random caught,
And scattered like a shower of shooting stars
That end in darkness--no; Judge Bolton's mind
Is clear, and full, and stately, and serene.
His earnest and undazzled eye he keeps
Fixed on the sun of Truth, and breathes his speech
As easy as an eagle cleaves the air,
And never pauses till the height is won.
And all who listen follow where he leads.

YOUNG BOLTON.
I hope you will be gratified. Are all--
All well at home?

PROFESSOR OLNEY _(smiling)_.
I should not else be out.
And Isabelle will hear the recitations.

YOUNG BOLTON _(aside)_.
I'll go, and see, and help her. Not to conquer
As Caesar boasted--she has conquered me.
I'll go and yield myself her captive.
[_Exit_ YOUNG BOLTON.

CRIER OF THE COURT.
Silence!

CLERK OF THE COURT.
Gentlemen of the jury, are you ready
To give the verdict now?

FOREMAN.
We are ready.

CLERK OF THE COURT.
Prisoner, stand up and look upon the jury.
Jury, if and up and look upon the prisoner.
The man you now behold has had his trial
Before you for a crime. What is the verdict?
Is he, the prisoner, guilty or not guilty?

FOREMAN _(reading the verdict)._
Guilty of murder in the second degree.

[_A deep silence, broken only by the sobs of prisoner's wife and sister.
Prisoner sinks down on his seat_. CLERK OF THE COURT _records the
sentence_.

CLERK OF THE COURT.
Gentlemen of the jury, listen to
The verdict as recorded by the court