The New Men by C.P. Snow

I did not attend Sawbridge's trial. Like the others of the series, it was cut as short as English law permitted; Sawbridge said the single word ‘Guilty', and the only person who expressed emotion was the judge, in giving him two years longer than Smith had forecast.

The papers were full of it. Hankins wrote two more articles. Bevill said: ‘Now we can get back to the grindstone. ' I had not spoken to Martin since the night in St James's Street, although I knew that several times he had walked down the corridor, on his way to private talks with Bevill.