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The truth was that they were all gentlemen who , having lost their jobs , were willing to swear to anything that would bring them in two dollars a day . The more days the better ! And it is historic fact that during the sixty-nine days of Mock Hen 's prosecution not one of them protested at being kept away from his wife and children , his business or his pleasure . On the contrary they all slumbered peacefully from ten until four -- and when the trial ended , on the whole they rather regretted that it was over , the only genuine opinion regarding the case being that the Chinks were all as funny as hell and that Mr. Tutt was a bully old boy . The evidence respecting the death of the unfortunate Quong Lee made little impression upon them . Seemingly they regarded the story much as they did that of Elisha and the bears or Bel and the dragon -- as a sort of apocryphal narrative which they were required to listen to , but in no wise bound to believe . They were much interested in Quong 's suit of chain mail , however , and from time to time awoke to enjoy the various verbal encounters between the judge and Mr. Tutt .