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Inside the court-room everything was very solemn and wonderful. It was a high, big room. Raised above the floor, against the wall was the judge's desk; and here the judge was already sitting--an old, handsome man in a marvelous big wig of gray hair and a gown of black. Below him was another wide, long desk at which lawyers in white wigs sat. The whole thing reminded me of a mixture between a church and a school.
-"Those twelve men at the side," whispered the Doctor--"those in pews like a choir, they are what is called the jury. It is they who decide whether Luke is guilty--whether he did it or not."