half after four
`` Nothing but an act of Providence c 'd save that Eyetalian from the chair . An ' him guilty at that ! '' An hour passed ; then another . At half after four a rumor flew along the corridors that the jury in the Serafino case had reached a verdict and were coming in . A messenger scurried to the judge 's chambers . Phelan descended the iron stairs to bring up the prisoner , while Tutt to prevent a scene invented an excuse by which he lured Rosalina to the first floor of the building . The crowd suddenly reassembled out of nowhere and poured into the courtroom .