False Cards (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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But now the attention Of the throng is arrested by a small procession of the county police, who are escorting some two or three delinquents to hear their doom before the bench of magistrates at this time assembled. The magistrate's Office in Aldringham is quite one of the popular entertainments on a market-day. The country people, more especially the women, take their seats there, and watch the proceedings with grave, stolid faces, and an interest almost incredible. They regard it as a species of dramatic entertainment, with the additional advantage that it is perfectly gratuitous. And they have some reason for doing so. Touches Of pathos and Scenes of humour are at times evolved from the somewhat hum drum work of a magistrate's Office, and by persistent attendance an occasional comedy or melodrama is arrived at.

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