There was a full bench, a crowded court when the accused was brought in.
The hush that preceded him and the buzz when he stood up made Ingram set
his teeth. The reporters, with racing pen, cleared the ground. Thus the
world might read of "The Squire of Wanless, every inch a soldier," in one
journal, and of "Nevile Ingram, Esquire, of Wanless Hall," in another.
There are no politics in police reports, but broadcloth is respectable.
The prisoner was described as "Struan Glyde, 23, a sickly-looking young
man, who exhibited symptoms of nervousness." It was allowed that he spoke
"firmly but respectfully to the Bench," but, on the other hand, "to the
complainant he showed considerable animosity, and more than once had to be
reproved by the Chairman." The proceedings were short. "At the close there
was a demonstration, which was immediately checked by the police."
Glyde, in fact, was revealed as a narrow-faced young man, slim and olive-
complexioned, having light, intent eyes, and very long eyelashes. Nervous
he undoubtedly was; he twitched, he blinked, he swallowed. He looked
effeminate to one judge. Another said of him to his neighbour, "As hardy
as a hawk." A newspaper called him "puny," a rival "as tough as whip-
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