"2. The contents of the stomach (in a 6-lb. glass jar).

"3. The stomach itself (in a 6-lb. glass jar).

"4. The liver, the spleen and the kidneys (in a 9-lb. glass jar).

5. The intestines (in a 9-lb. earthenware jar)."

The president here whispered to one of the members, then stooped

to the other, and having received their consent, he said: "The

Court considers the reading of this report superfluous." The

secretary stopped reading and folded the paper, and the public

prosecutor angrily began to write down something. "The gentlemen

of the jury may now examine the articles of material evidence,"

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said the president. The foreman and several of the others rose

and went to the table, not quite knowing what to do with their

hands. They looked in turn at the glass, the test tube, and the

ring. The merchant even tried on the ring.

"Ah! that was a finger," he said, returning to his place; "like a

cucumber," he added. Evidently the image he had formed in his

mind of the gigantic merchant amused him.




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