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obviously being caught in the rain.

In the weather altered atmosphere the trial

re-started. I had sat down next to Connor, and

been looking at the jury, in particular at the man

that was in the turban the day before, whom had

changed and worn a red one instead of the black

one, he had also worn a black suit jacket that day

and a bright yellow tie. I wondered why he would

wear a bright yellow tie and mostly spent the

morning musing this, the day would pass

regardless. I also noticed that the lady - that had

worn the blue blazer the previous day - wore a red

blazer. I wondered what all these attire choices of

the jurors meant and realised that it meant just

more nausea, stages, acts and masks - because I

didn’t feel the truth lived in such thoughts. I

concluded in this regard that, in my opinion, the

truth was in fact under a bushel and masked

behind the preoccupation with the days

happenings. I wondered why one would hide a

light under a bushel and I wondered this whilst

Gordot, the landlord, was making an effort to nail

the cross ever so slightly, when stood in the

witness stand putting in his two cents; he

answered to Cesare’s question of: “Was he a good

tenant?” with the words: “He was a bad tenant, I

tell you!” started Gordot, with a grimace on his

wrinkly face, “He killed someone for God’s sakes!

In the old days you could just call someone crazy

and throw away the key. These days people ask

maybe we should not have keys! There’s all these

systems and procedures. Rubbish! Do you not

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