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Charley promised to stay with him , and the policeman in mufti , without making any promise at all , silently acquiesced in the arrangement . Charley made one more visit to the West , saw Norman at his lodgings , and Mrs. Woodward and Gertrude in Albany Place , and then returned to make a night of it with Alaric . We need hardly say that Charley made a night of it in a very different manner from that to which he and his brother navvies were so well accustomed . The next morning , at ten o'clock , the court was again crowded . The judge was again on his bench , prepared for patient endurance ; and Lord Killtime and Sir Gregory Hardlines were alongside of him . The jury were again in their box , ready with pen and paper to give their brightest attention -- a brightness which will be dim enough before the long day be over ; the counsel for the prosecution were rummaging among their papers ; the witnesses for the defence were sitting there among the attorneys , with the exception of the Honourable Undecimus Scott , who was accommodated with a seat near the sheriff , and whose heart , to tell the truth , was sinking somewhat low within his breast , in spite of the glass of brandy with which he had fortified himself . Alaric was again present under the wings of Mr. Gitemthruet ; and the great Mr. Chaffanbrass was in his place .