Strona 678 z 896

At last, when he appealed by name to Monsieur Lorry, an English

gentleman then and there present, who, like himself, had been a

witness on that English trial and could corroborate his account

of it, the Jury declared that they had heard enough, and that

they were ready with their votes if the President were content to

receive them.

At every vote (the Jurymen voted aloud and individually), the

populace set up a shout of applause. All the voices were in the

prisoner's favour, and the President declared him free.