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Том Сойер - обыкновенный американский мальчишка, увлекающийся и, по мнению взрослых, непослушный, неугомонный выдумщик, но и верный друг. Герой Марка Твена подкупает находчивостью и простодушием, предприимчивостью и любопытством. Приключения Тома помогают увидеть врожденную доброту мальчика, неподдельную жажду свободы и справедливости.
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3147Tom was out late, that night, and came to bed through the window.
3148He was in a tremendous state of excitement.
3149It was hours before he got to sleep.
3150All the village flocked to the court-house the next morning, for this was to be the great day. Both sexes were about equally represented in the packed audience.
3151After a long wait the jury filed in and took their places; shortly afterward, Potter, pale and haggard, timid and hopeless, was brought in, with chains upon him, and seated where all the curious eyes could stare at him; no less conspicuous was Injun Joe, stolid as ever.
3152There was another pause, and then the judge arrived and the sheriff proclaimed the opening of the court.
3153The usual whisperings among the lawyers and gathering together of papers followed.
3154These details and accompanying delays worked up an atmosphere of preparation that was as impressive as it was fascinating.
3155Now a witness was called who testified that he found Muff Potter washing in the brook, at an early hour of the morning that the murder was discovered, and that he immediately sneaked away.
3156After some further questioning, counsel for the prosecution said:
3157"Take the witness."
3158The prisoner raised his eyes for a moment, but dropped them again when his own counsel said:
3159"I have no questions to ask him."
3160The next witness proved the finding of the knife near the corpse.
3161Counsel for the prosecution said:
3162"Take the witness."
3163"I have no questions to ask him," Potter's lawyer replied.
3164A third witness swore he had often seen the knife in Potter's possession.
3165"Take the witness."
3166Counsel for Potter declined to question him.
3167The faces of the audience began to betray annoyance.
3168Did this attorney mean to throw away his client's life without an effort?
3169Several witnesses deposed concerning Potter's guilty behavior when brought to the scene of the murder.
3170They were allowed to leave the stand without being cross-questioned.
3171Every detail of the damaging circumstances that occurred in the graveyard upon that morning which all present remembered so well was brought out by credible witnesses, but none of them were cross-examined by Potter's lawyer.
3172The perplexity and dissatisfaction of the house expressed itself in murmurs and provoked a reproof from the bench.
3173Counsel for the prosecution now said:
3174"By the oaths of citizens whose simple word is above suspicion, we have fastened this awful crime, beyond all possibility of question, upon the unhappy prisoner at the bar.
3175We rest our case here."
3176A groan escaped from poor Potter, and he put his face in his hands and rocked his body softly to and fro, while a painful silence reigned in the court-room.
3177Many men were moved, and many women's compassion testified itself in tears.
3178Counsel for the defence rose and said:
3179"Your honor, in our remarks at the opening of this trial, we foreshadowed our purpose to prove that our client did this fearful deed while under the influence of a blind and irresponsible delirium produced by drink.
3180We have changed our mind.
3181We shall not offer that plea." [Then to the clerk:] "Call Thomas Sawyer!"
3182A puzzled amazement awoke in every face in the house, not even excepting Potter's.
3183Every eye fastened itself with wondering interest upon Tom as he rose and took his place upon the stand.
3184The boy looked wild enough, for he was badly scared.
3185The oath was administered.
3186"Thomas Sawyer, where were you on the seventeenth of June, about the hour of midnight?"
3187Tom glanced at Injun Joe's iron face and his tongue failed him.
3188The audience listened breathless, but the words refused to come.
3189After a few moments, however, the boy got a little of his strength back, and managed to put enough of it into his voice to make part of the house hear:
3190"In the graveyard!"
3191
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