{"product_id":"2940013048577","title":"THE ANGEL OF TERROR","description":"Chapter I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe hush of the court, which had been broken when the foreman of the\u003cbr\u003ejury returned their verdict, was intensified as the Judge, with a quick\u003cbr\u003eglance over his pince-nez at the tall prisoner, marshalled his papers\u003cbr\u003ewith the precision and method which old men display in tense moments\u003cbr\u003esuch as these. He gathered them together, white paper and blue and buff\u003cbr\u003eand stacked them in a neat heap on a tiny ledge to the left of his desk.\u003cbr\u003eThen he took his pen and wrote a few words on a printed paper before\u003cbr\u003ehim.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnother breathless pause and he groped beneath the desk and brought out\u003cbr\u003ea small square of black silk and carefully laid it over his white wig.\u003cbr\u003eThen he spoke:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"James Meredith, you have been convicted after a long and patient trial\u003cbr\u003eof the awful crime of wilful murder. With the verdict of the jury I am\u003cbr\u003ein complete agreement. There is little doubt, after hearing the evidence\u003cbr\u003eof the unfortunate lady to whom you were engaged, and whose evidence you\u003cbr\u003eattempted in the most brutal manner to refute, that, instigated by your\u003cbr\u003ejealousy, you shot Ferdinand Bulford. The evidence of Miss Briggerland\u003cbr\u003ethat you had threatened this poor young man, and that you left her\u003cbr\u003epresence in a temper, is unshaken. By a terrible coincidence, Mr.\u003cbr\u003eBulford was in the street outside your fiancée's door when you left, and\u003cbr\u003emaddened by your insane jealousy, you shot him dead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"To suggest, as you have through your counsel, that you called at Miss\u003cbr\u003eBriggerland's that night to break off your engagement and that the\u003cbr\u003einterview was a mild one and unattended by recriminations is to suggest\u003cbr\u003ethat this lady has deliberately committed perjury in order to swear away\u003cbr\u003eyour life, and when to that disgraceful charge you produce a motive,\u003cbr\u003enamely that by your death or imprisonment Miss Briggerland, who is your\u003cbr\u003ecousin, would benefit to a considerable extent, you merely add to your\u003cbr\u003einfamy. Nobody who saw the young girl in the box, a pathetic, and if I\u003cbr\u003emay say, a beautiful figure, could accept for one moment your fantastic\u003cbr\u003eexplanation.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47068705652976,"sku":"2940013048577","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013048577_p0.jpg?v=1763576075","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013048577","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}