He leaped forward, but Cooley restrained him. Jimmy pulled Dr. Zacharie back.
"Don't use any force, doctor."
"Please don't—please don't!" cried Tod sarcastically.
"He's an amateur champion athlete," whispered Jimmy into the doctor's ear, "and I don't want you to get hurt."
"He is a ruffian!" retorted Dr. Zacharie angrily.
Leaving them, he joined the Examiner and Professor Bodley, who were talking earnestly in a group by themselves.
"Do you know, young man," said Mr. Cooley severely, "that this is contempt of court?"
"If you're the court, it is!"
Shrugging his shoulders disdainfully, the lawyer joined the doctors at the table. After a quick, anxious glance in their direction, Tod turned to Mrs. Parkes. Pointing to Paula's door, he said in a whisper:
"Can you get to Miss Marsh without going through that door?"