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When Baron de Croiseuil heard the magistrate's decision that bail should be granted to Gaunt, his indignation was intense, for both his solicitor and Mr. Ruggles, K. C., had advised him that such an eventuality need not be considered. Immediately the case was over, he hastened back to his hotel where he was soon joined by Sherren, who had been in attendance at the court.
"English magistrates are fools," the Baron cried angrily by way of greeting, and Sherren did not dissent from this stricture on the bench.