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Perhaps he had grown tired of her, or she had tried his patience, and perhaps we wouldn't cut her any more, and perhaps the mothers would let their children play with 'little Teddy' again. He was so lonely. PERHAPS HE HAD GROWN TIRED OF HER OR PERHAPS SHE HAD TRIED HIS PATIENCE AND PERHAPS WE WOULDN'T CUT HER ANY MORE AND PERHAPS THE MOTHERS WOULD LET THEIR CHILDREN PLAY WITH LITTLE TEDDY AGAIN HE WAS SO LONELY
 to and fro in his chair, and there was a dead pause after Biel had been called to order. Bronckhorst's Counsel saw the look on his client's face, and without more ado pitched his papers on the little green-baize table, and mumbled something about having been misinformed. The whole Court applauded wildly, like soldiers at a theatre, and the Judge began to say what he thought. * * * * * Biel came out of the Court, and Strickland dropped a gut trainer's-whip in the veranda. Ten minutes later, Biel was cutting Bronckhorst into ribbons behind the old Court cells, quietly and without scandal. What was left of Bronckhorst was sent home in a carriage; and his wife wept over it and nursed it into a man again. Later on, after Biel had managed to hush up the counter-charge against Bronckhorst of fabricating false evidence, Mrs. Bronckhorst, with her faint, watery smile, said that there had been a mistake, but it wasn't her Teddy's fault altogether. She would wait till her Teddy came back to her. TERS TO PRODUCE BUT BRONCORST WAS SWAYING TO AND FRO IN HIS CHAIR AND THERE WAS A DEAD PAUSE AFTER BEALE HAD BEEN CALLED TO ORDER BRONCOR'S COUNSEL SAW THE LOOK ON HIS CLIENT'S FACE AND WITHOUT MORE ADO PITCHED HIS PAPERS ON THE LITTLE GREEN BAIZE TABLE AND MUMBLED SOMETHING ABOUT HAVING BEEN MISINFORMED THE WHOLE COURT APPLAUDED WILDLY LIKE SOLDIERS AT A THEATRE AND THE JUDGE BEGAN TO SAY WHAT HE THOUGHT BEALE CAME OUT OF THE COURT AND STRICKLAND DROPPED A GUT TRAINER'S WHIP IN THE VERANDA TEN MINUTES LATER BEALE WAS CUTTING BRONCH HORSE INTO RIBBONS BEHIND THE OLD COURT CELLS QUIETLY AND WITHOUT SCANDAL WHAT WAS LEFT OF BRONCORST WAS SENT HOME IN A CARRIAGE AND HIS WIFE WEPT OVER IT AND NURSED IT INTO A MAN AGAIN LATER ON AFTER BEALE HAD MANAGED TO HUSH UP THE COUNTER CHARGE AGAINST BRONCOR'S TO FABRICATING FALSE EVIDENCE MISSUS BRONCORST WITH HER FAINT WATERY SMILE SAID THERE HAD BEEN A MISTAKE BUT IT WASN'T HER TEDDY'S FAULT ALTOGETHER SHE WOULD WAIT TILL HER TEDDY CAME BACK TO HER
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