"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,"
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.